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Old 22nd Jun 2006, 14:37
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XPMorten
 
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The winglets increase the longitudal stability of the acf.
So you need more rudder input on eg xwind.

Less span dominated ground effect (less drag reduction) so you
might wan't to flare a tad sooner.. (in theory anyway)

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