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Old 11th May 2012, 08:35
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DaveReidUK
 
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What I do know is that my wonderful A330 stuffs 5 tonnes of fuel into the tail for the cruise to force the tail to produce less down-force (I didn't say 'lift').
Your tail isn't producing any less down-force, it's just that more of it is the result of gravity and less from aerodynamics (hence the reduced drag).
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