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Old 29th Mar 2009, 21:27
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The HST is not a trim tank like it is on the A330/340

Some years ago, QF (after much harassment by a pilot) ran some studies on the 400 tail tank and found that significant payload dollars were available to be made on extreme range operations by using the tank for CG trim control ...
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