INCIDENCE settings

[Wayne Galligan]

Lets not forget the B52 looks like it is nose down on takeoff.

WG

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ron Van Putte 
  To: Bob Richards 
  Cc: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 12:45 PM
  Subject: Re: INCIDENCE settings



  On Sep 30, 2005, at 12:39 PM, Bob Richards wrote:


    That is a pet peeve of mine as well.
     
    Remember the Hobie Hawk glider? It flew nose down -- WAY down. It was designed that way. It was not a balance issue at all.


  I do remember the Hobie Hawk and how it flew. 

  A J-3 Cub on a proper final approach looks nose-down as well, but many pilots won't let it come in that way. As a result, they'll never enjoy a wheel landing on a Cub.

  Ron Van Putte


    Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net> wrote:

      This discussion also tapped into one of my pet peeves: Guy sees an 
      airplane flying around with the tail low and announces, "That airplane
      is tail heavy". Probably wrong. The incidence relationship between
      the wing and the horizontal tail is probably incorrect. The CG has an 
      effect, but the condition is usually caused by a bad trim setup. Now I 
      feel better.
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