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Old 12th Mar 2005, 00:08
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Dan Winterland
 
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I concur with DFC. It's simple and the standard CFS A2 answer.

It's quite noticeable on the aircraft I did my A2 on, the Chipmunk. Wings at 4 degrees, tailplane at zero. One thing we noticed was that the students often bounced on their first solo. This was due to the c of g being further forward (without the weight of their often quite portly instructors) a greater elevator input being required, therefore greater longitudianl dihedral, therefore more pitch stability being encountered and touching down mainwheels first - leading to a bounce.
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