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Alchef · 3rd July 2009, 00:57

Thank you all for your time and effort in answering my question. I can see this is a hot topic, and didn't mean for everyone to fall out with each other!

As for InTGreen's comments on the flapback effects, titled "Principles of flight", are you suggesting that this only happens on the first turn downwind, or as I continue turning would I get more and more nose down pitch, even as I come back into wind?

This would put the aircraft out of limits (15 degrees nose down) very quickly.

From my limited experience, this is not the case.

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Alchef Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Southampton Posts: 13	Thank you all for your time and effort in answering my question. I can see this is a hot topic, and didn't mean for everyone to fall out with each other! As for InTGreen's comments on the flapback effects, titled "Principles of flight", are you suggesting that this only happens on the first turn downwind, or as I continue turning would I get more and more nose down pitch, even as I come back into wind? This would put the aircraft out of limits (15 degrees nose down) very quickly. From my limited experience, this is not the case.