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Old 19th Feb 2005, 00:15
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Milt
 
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Mostly it will be the fin/rudder combination which stalls.

If the designer gets it wrong and they are too small then they will stall too soon.

If the designer gets it wrong the other way and they are too big than he has wasted metal and introduced directional stability problems.
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