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Old 19th April 2006 | 14:37
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barit1
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Originally Posted by flyboyike
It doesn't appear to be, at least not on the schematic drawings I have, nor on the actual airplane. That may be part of why our checklist says what it does.
So - the fin must be optimized for cruise; makes sense to me, since that's the airplane's mission. A good healthy rudder trim on TO does the job, though.
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