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<DIV>Anhedral stabs are affected by crosswind more than flat stabs. At least for
the kind of flying we demand. The Prettner Curare design, World Champ around
1976 or so, introduced the feature to models. By virtue of its being World
Champion model, everybody copied it. Sort of the way fixed gear took over from
retracts, except fixed gear have persisted far longer and serve the intended
purpose well. </DIV>
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<DIV>Curares and other anhedral stab designs flew well into the 80's but
eventually the fad died down. </DIV>
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<DIV>Naruke san is possibly trying to cure some aerodynamic inadequacy by
employing the feature again. Or maybe just likes the look. It does look Kool as
hell. I doubt that this is a revolution though; more like evolution....in
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<DIV>MattK</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 12/31/2004 6:54:03 PM Eastern Standard Time,
rcaerobob@cox.net writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Beautiful plane, but planform is BTDT, remember
Hanno??? And the Bridi UFO? And others. The anhedral stab really
introduce bizarre characteristics, if I recall. It was abandoned as an
"innovation" about as fast as *somebody's* "Split Rudder
"airbrake"....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Man, we are O-L-D...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR>Bob Pastorello<BR>NSRCA 199 AMA 46373<BR><A
title=mailto:rcaerobob@cox.net
href="mailto:rcaerobob@cox.net">rcaerobob@cox.net</A><BR><A
title=http://www.rcaerobats.net/
href="http://www.rcaerobats.net/">www.rcaerobats.net</A></DIV>
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<A title=mailto:adam.g@sasktel.net href="mailto:adam.g@sasktel.net">Adam
Glatt</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=mailto:discussion@nsrca.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 31, 2004 4:54
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Next revolution in pattern
planes?</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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