Thanks. I have to think this over a bit - it's been quite a while
since I played with these formulas :-)

Couple of questions below:

J. Nieuwenhuize wrote:

Not quite correct actually; induced drag is proportional to the squared
lift coefficient and inversely proportional to the aspect ratio.
Knowing that the lift coefficient of your stabilizer is always lower
(main wing stalls first) ...

Okay with the first point (relationship of induced drag to CL and Di)
and proportionally much smaller contribution of tail vs. wing.

induced drag is fairly low and certainly lower than the weight penalty of a heavier tail.

Are you suggesting that a tail with a higher aspect ratio would be, by
definition, heavier or talking about the tactic of putting additional
weight in the tail to move the CG?

Good stuff.

P3