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Old 17th Jan 2006, 18:49
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KEEP IN MIND that the low wing will now have less sweepback than "normal" (note the relative wind on the planform); while the other wing will have MORE sweepback than normal, AND (assuming a low-wing aircraft) will have the disturbed wake from the fuselage interfering with its lift.

And that is a setup for a nasty stall of the "contaminated" wing. Keep an extra few knots as insurance.
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