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Old 12-24-2014, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Hudsonduster View Post
After I posted that, I re-thought: the appearance of a model's "sit" as it flies is influenced by the relative incidences of wing & stab, popularly mis-named "decalage" by us F/F'ers. That three degrees I metion is a good starting point, and it often works better to put it in the wing - wing plus three, stab zero. This keeps the nose more level-sitting in the glide, avoiding the nose-high "drowning ferret" look.

Listen, let me do some test models and get back to you before you go crazy redrawing everything. Couple days.
Ok, model has been sent! Let me know what you think.

Mike
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