Original Posted By: "Gadd, Skip"
HiI have been listening to the pros and cons of adding say 3" to the frontof the fuselage to get the CG right.It was said that the fuselage would be to long in front of the wing andcould have an adverse effect on the flight characteristics.Rather move the wing back to get the CG correct seems to be the way togo.Now I want to throw a cat among the pigeons.If I add 3" to the front that would well, make the fuselage 3" longer atthe front. If I move the wing 3" back that would also make the fuselage3" longer in front of the wing AND would make the rear 3" shorterrelative to the wing.This would reduce the tail volume even further.Would that not be even worse than just adding the 3" at the front?Deon EngelmannEAA322 Midrand # SA12055PretoriaSouth Africa________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Fuselage length and CG
Re: Pietenpol-List: Fuselage length and CG
Original Posted By: Isablcorky(at)aol.com
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Re: Pietenpol-List: Fuselage length and CG
Original Posted By: Mike
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: more airfoil talkThanks Jack, I'm thinking along the same lines. Nothing wrong with the Piet FC-10 as proven over the years. It was/ is my desire to do a bit of experimenting with the possibility of maybe, if not accidentally, finding somethinga skosh more aerodynamically better. Has anyone ever tried a different airfoil? Corky________________________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 17:28:42 -0800Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Fuselage length and CG
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: more airfoil talkThanks Jack, I'm thinking along the same lines. Nothing wrong with the Piet FC-10 as proven over the years. It was/ is my desire to do a bit of experimenting with the possibility of maybe, if not accidentally, finding somethinga skosh more aerodynamically better. Has anyone ever tried a different airfoil? Corky________________________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 17:28:42 -0800Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Fuselage length and CG