It is true that this would decrease the amount of dihedral, but only for the length of the increased center spar width. This would give more space for a larger fuel tank in the strongest area of the aircraft. Of course there is something to be said for having all the fuel in the outer wings in the event of a crash.
Randy Powell randywpow...@verizon.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bavo" <baving...@gmail.com> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 6:14 PM Subject: Re: KR> center spars and wing tanks > Moving the WAFs further outboard would also decrease the amount of > dihedral. > This would affect roll stability wouldn't it? > John Bavington. > > > On 8/6/06, Larry&Sallie Flesner <fles...@verizon.net> wrote: >> >> At 08:02 AM 8/5/2006, you wrote: >> >It should also be mentioned that carrying fuel in the outer wings is >> >practically a free lunch for the WAFs,