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Old 18th Mar 2009, 10:29
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18-Wheeler - true, but the downforce from the tail acts downwards, increasing the weight of the aircraft in flight, (but making no change whatsoever to the mass of the aircraft).
Um, that exactly what I wrote mate.
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