Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:44:46 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-r08.mx.aol.com ([152.163.225.104] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.5) with ESMTP id 1990453 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:43:31 -0500 Received: from Epijk@aol.com by imo-r08.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.13.) id q.94.32d5270b (4262) for ; Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:43:25 -0500 (EST) From: Epijk@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <94.32d5270b.2b58493d@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:43:25 EST Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Wing Loading mysteries X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_94.32d5270b.2b58493d_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 10637 --part1_94.32d5270b.2b58493d_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 1/16/2003 7:18:11 AM Pacific Standard Time, Christopher.Zavatson@udlp.com writes: > There is nothing wrong with unloading the tail in this fashion. You > were mearly changing the pitching moment and the zero lift line of the > wing until everything balanced out. Now, if you kept throwing sand bags > into the the tail cone to achieve the same result you might run into > difficulty. > Chris: Nice presentation on 25 MAC, center of pressure, etc. However, it seems to me that if you "put sandbags in the tailcone", you're adding to the tail load, not reducing it. What am I missing? Jack Kane --part1_94.32d5270b.2b58493d_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 1/16/2003 7:18:11 AM Pacific Standard Time, Christopher.Zavatson@udlp.com writes:

There is nothing wrong with unloading the tail in this fashion.  You
were mearly changing the pitching moment and the zero lift line of the
wing until everything balanced out.  Now, if you kept throwing sand bags
into the the tail cone to achieve the same result you might run into
difficulty.

Chris:
Nice presentation on 25 MAC, center of pressure, etc.

However, it seems to me that if you "put sandbags in the tailcone", you're adding to the tail load, not reducing it. What am I missing?
Jack Kane --part1_94.32d5270b.2b58493d_boundary--