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Old 10th Oct 2011, 23:26
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Lyman
 
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Hi Machinbird. It is most pronounced in the second frame. Line up the port stab with the dihedral of the (left) wing. Do the same with the stbd stab and note what I think is about 7-10 degrees off rig. Leftward. A straightedge makes it look sharper. The first frame shows it also with the Port Stab tip proud of the wing line; the stabd is blended in.

Rotate the frame 90 degrees, it is of course easier to see that way. The fourth frame would be about where I see a start of the recoil of the tail feathers back to stabd in slomo.

If one was patient, and could orient the PITCH angle with the video, and index it with the time between frames, a rough value of G could be had?

Do you notice the Spar shadow spanwise?

These are not inconsequential interruptions of airframe contour/rigging.

Imagine trying to fly or recover with the tail out of rig several degrees from the fuselage and wings.

Or don't, gives me the willies........
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