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Old 8th January 2009 | 20:32
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Originally Posted by wildpudding
Reduced interference drag also due to the angles between the control surfaces being larger
Only in the case were the "v" is "wide", which is only the efficient case when the classical "htail sizing" requirement dominates the "vtail sizing" requirement component. Otherwise you end up with, in effect, an oversized horizontal tail (inefficient) or undersized vertical (potentially limiting or even dangerous)
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