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Old 10th Mar 2017, 06:23
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F-16GUY
 
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Mark,

All though the phenomenon was fairly new at the time, I think Kelly Johnson took the inertia coupling into account while designing the 104. The large vertical fin and the high placement of the horisontal tail alleviated the problem.

Although I am not sure if it had any limitations in the Dash-1 regarding roll rate and consecutive rolls, I have a copy laying around somewhere, and if I can find it I will try to look it up.
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