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Old 23rd Jun 2012, 16:12
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mad_jock
 
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Its partly because of the springy gear and partly to do with the geometry amplifier of having the wing tips further away from the geometric center of rotation of the aircraft while on the ground.

The low wing will have the wings nearly in line with the center and the high wing will be a couple of ft up from it
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