Kyle Boatright wrote...

Any rumblings from the desert on the cause of the roll problems during
yesterday's flight?

I saw somewhere a quote from Rutan attributing it to
dihedral effect (roll due to sideslip), a problem he
said they'd been chasing for a while. I know of nothing
substantive and public on it and can't re-find the quote
I'm thinking of.

An uncommanded roll like that would probably cause a
permanant crease in my seat cushion.

Apparently there was more than a little concern in the
control room as well. There's probably a heck of a laundry
bill coming.

Dave 'Fetch me my brown pants!" Hyde