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Old 16th Aug 2008, 10:42
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Bravo73
 
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It creates a little bit of vertical lift. (I can't remember exactly how much but I think it's in the range of 3-8% of total).

This effectively helps to 'pull the tail up' and hence widen the CofG envelope.


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