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Old 12-10-2009, 11:16 PM   #284 (permalink)
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To pick the angle you want, take a look at page 31 of this pdf, in the General efficiency section sticky:
http://me.dyu.edu.tw/lecture/Vehicle...ign%282%29.pdf
it is ~2mb and slow to load.

It shows that the ideal angle is different depending on how large the tail is. For a short tail (~1.5 ft), the ideal angle is roughly 13-14 degrees. For a *very* large tail, the angle goes up to 20+ degrees!

Food for thought.

Tom
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