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To: SkyDancer

They have had problems with spin recovery, hence the enlarged tail.

They were probably trying to expand the safe flight envelope and pushed a bit too far.


11 posted on 03/20/2009 1:59:41 PM PDT by BwanaNdege
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To: BwanaNdege

There’s a crossover point where an enlarged tail takes away from some other performances ... like when Cessna went to the slant tail on their 152/172’s ... reduced the cross section so you could spin out on final when you do a forward slip .. the body of the plane blocks the wind and you loose tail authority ...


12 posted on 03/20/2009 2:06:12 PM PDT by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: BwanaNdege

It is surprising in this day and age with the advent of such effective modeling software that Cessna is running into issues like this.


13 posted on 03/20/2009 2:53:50 PM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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