That's why I love my Sharon Profi!!! It has plenty of tail volume, a more
acute angle between the tails and handles like a dream for such a big plane!
Thermals out from a hand-launch pretty well, too!
Keith McLellan
Hawaii
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Subject: Re: [RCSE] V-tails, Euro-moldies suck for....
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Any one have comments on how the recent trend of light weight V-tail
> > Euro-molded ships handle in a TD contest? Always hearing they don't
> > fair
> > well in the landing task. But then again the earlier ships were much
> > heavier with higher wing loading.
> > V-tails suck for landings.... Heavy planes suck for landings...
> > Compared to full flying stabs on light airplanes..............
> >
>
> The real issue is design. Most of the european V-tails are not designed
> to provide enough control authority. If they made the tail bigger and
> decreased the angle between the tails they would be much better.
>
> Put some current conventional tail models into Plane Geometry and then
> put in some of the European designs. Look at the numbers.
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