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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey Nat, I flew my Aries with retracts today in
extremely turbulent air. As my plane was bouncing around like crazy I started
thinking about you and your fins and began to wonder if my other Aries with
fixed gear would handle the turbulence any better. In all the discussion
about fixed gear vs. retracts I've never heard this aspect brought up. My fixed
gear is the Bolly Wide which is pretty big and has an airfoil shape.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What are your thoughts about the stabilizing
effect, if any, of airfoil shaped gear?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keith</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=natpenton@centurytel.net href="mailto:natpenton@centurytel.net">Nat
Penton</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 23, 2004 9:47
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Alliance Trim</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Since I build somewhat "different" airplanes it
occurred to me that some folks may not know what I mean by a dorsal. It would
attach to the fuse and leading edge of the fin and taper to zero in 20
inches or so. It can be held in place with tape for test
flights.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>