RE: Here's Don Stackhouse's Q&A site URL: http://www.djaerotech com/dj_askjd/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I searched on "short coupling". This is the first snippet that came up: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Last Updated : 14 August, 2002 August 13, 2002 ORDER ONLINE |... ...aircraft usually is, in effect, extremely short-coupled (i.e.: has an extremely short tail moment arm). Short coupled aircraft in general tend to have a... ...in pitch. If you built a conventional tailed model with a tail moment arm shorter than the mean aerodynamic chord of the wing, it would be very touchy... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please note: tail moment arm shorter than the mean aerodynamic chord of the wing. Thanks for the site. That is a keeper. N64KR Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC da...@kr-builder.org See you in Red Oak - 2003 See our KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Click on the pic See our EAA Chapter 242 at http://EAA242.org
