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Old 3rd Nov 2014, 11:00
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Virgin Galactic Tech

Despite extensive gargling I have not found a decent explanation of the ship's systems - if anyone has such I would appreciate a link. In particular, from looking at early test videos, it almost seems as if the wing/tail 'feathering' is drive by air loads at high alpha. If so, how is it unfeathered, and could an inadvertent higher alpha after feather 'unlock' cause movement or is movement regulated?
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