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Originally Posted by CaptainDoggles
As I was climbing up to altitude I repeated an earlier test that I'd done and, in level flight at ~10000 feet, pulled the stick back and then let go. The aircraft nosed back down gently like a stable aircraft would. It should have held that AOA until it ran out of speed (I was using the rudder to keep wings level), or possibly nosed up further, depending on if you choose to believe it had neutral or negative stability.
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How much fuel did you have? The evidence produced states that the spit was longitudinally stable with the CofG forward, i.e. a full tank, with decreasing longitudinal stability as the CofG moves aft with decreasing fuel load.
Personally, I'm very interested as to what the wording of the entry in the Bugtracker will be.
07-21-2012, 10:51 AM
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