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Old 02-12-2010, 05:01 PM
Rodolphe42 Rodolphe42 is offline
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Originally Posted by Tbag View Post
Not related but what is that thing in front of the horizontal stabilizer?


With the addition of military equipment, strengthened wing spars, fitment of aileron mass balances, the Tiger Moth was reluctant to recover from spin due to the rearward CG position.

As Andy correctly mentionned, those 'Anti-Spin' aluminium Strakes, extending the leading edge of the tail plane, were part of the Mod 112 .


Attached a picture taken last week of the Tiger Moth DE730 from Malta Aviation Museum.

http://users.teledisnet.be/web/mfe39...m/IMG_7229.JPG


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