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Taildragger raises tail too soon

lionheart

lionheart

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Hey guys,

So, I am doing this plane, and find that the tail leaves the ground early. Its a small plane with small elevators. It shouldnt have the tail rise at 20 to 30 knots. It is a very light plane, but I dont think it is that light.

I was wondering what tunes' this factor in the package. I believe its in the 'AIR' file as I switched out the airfile from the Cessna 182 templates to the Lockheed Vega 'AIR' file to go with the Cessna 'config' file.

An interesting combo, I must say. I wish I had done this with my old Fairchild. Very classic for larger tail draggers.



Bill
 
Bill, take a look at the numbers I used for my Thorp that you have been flying around. It flies pretty similar to the plane I know you are working on ;)
 
tail

aircraft.cfg


[airplane_geometry]
htail_area = lower
htail_span = lower
elevator_area = lower
 
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