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Old 25th Jan 2011, 18:39
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GAZIN
 
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I presume you are meaning in flight here rather than on the ground. Did the Hastings suffer from the same issue as its stablemate the Hermes, of flying excessively tail-down ? How did Handley-Page manage to get the C of G so wrong on this group of types ?
I have read that late changes to galley location & engine power settings led to the Hermes tail down attitude. There was no time or money to engineer a fix (change the wing angle of incidence I believe).
The tail dragging versions flew level as far as I Know.
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