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Old 6th Jun 2014, 17:58
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Originally Posted by Camargue
Tiger Moth
Not sure this is a good example of "flies right".

One DH had:
  • Moved the centre section forward/swept the upper wing (to allow the instructor to get out quickly)
  • Added dihedral to the lower wings (to increase wing tip clearance)
the DH82a (Tiger Moth) was much further from "flies right" than the DH60 (Gipsy Moth).

All that said they are great things to fly - the quirks introduced by the "improvements", above, just make it more challenging to fly them well.

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