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Happy Days:
I'd been understanding Luke's term of "dive" to mean a straight vertical decent.

luke:
wow, jeez lads thanks alot. i seem to have opened up an aerodynamical can of worms here  :lol:

ok.... The Facts:
when pushed into a  45+ degree dive she keeps going straight with no hint of coming up, AND doesnt tuck under either.
she is at the stated c.g. 4 1/2 inches from the l.e.
she is also a heavy bird 3 1/4 pound weight recomended weight is approx 21/2 - 2/3/4 pound weight

the only other thing im thinking is that, when fitting the horiz stab i had to do a little bit of filling (because it was very tight) therefore ,did i unknowns to my self change the angle of incidence?????

and if i did will tipping the wing down decreasing the angle of incidence by say 1 or 2 degree , how will that effect flight e.g handling AND c.g.
Add that to the pot  :D

Fred:
Short answer,

Handling same, flight attitude changes, CofG changes.

Fred

Happy Days:
So there's your answer Luke. And for your info, my Phase 6 weighs exactly the same as yours, 3.25lbs (52ozs) :clap:

luke:
Thank you all very much for all your input :clap: . so the short version is that i can play away with the incidence , but she will still handle the same  :oops:
i weighed the amount of lead needed to balance her aswell does it seem excessive at 100 grms ?it just seems alot to me
ill just keep playing around with the rates until im happy(ish)
thanks again lads

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