Fuselage weight, wood vs:tube

[Griff]

Several years ago I started building a RagWing Special. I built
everything but the fuselage,when the facts that it tended to fly tail
low,and would not make UL weight stopped me. Graham Lee (RIP) in a
post ,suggested the tail low attitude was caused by the lack of
downthrust,problem solved. The weight issue could be solved by a steel
tube fuselage.Any thoughts on a steel tube vs:wood weight advantage on
a smaller ac ?

Thanks

[cavelamb himself[_4_]]

Griff wrote:
> Several years ago I started building a RagWing Special. I built
> everything but the fuselage,when the facts that it tended to fly tail
> low,and would not make UL weight stopped me. Graham Lee (RIP) in a
> post ,suggested the tail low attitude was caused by the lack of
> downthrust,problem solved. The weight issue could be solved by a steel
> tube fuselage.Any thoughts on a steel tube vs:wood weight advantage on
> a smaller ac ?
>
> Thanks

That sounds more like a rigging issue.

If the tail "flies low", then the wings probably don't have enough
angle of incidence.


Richard
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