On Sep 6, 12:37 am, wrote:
On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:06:01 -0700, cjcampbell

wrote:
On Sep 5, 11:29 am, Fred the Red Shirt
wrote:
For a while I have been wondering why there seem to be no
airplanes with a low wing and a high tail.

Duchess and Seminole come to mind.

doesn't have to be a "high tail". ever heard of the Cheyenne II's
stability augmentation system? didn't really do a whole lot for
controllability, primarily made it feel like there was airflow over
the elevator when there wasn't much...

one has to be exploring the edges of the envelope, but other PA31's
are able to place the tail into "bad" air also.


This is the sort of Zodiac-like high tail I was thinking of:

http://www.icfn.net/bluesky/air1/N70...I%20(OFEK).jpg

and this is not:

http://www.dc3d.co.nz/tutorials/OFP/...enne.lllSm.GIF

Both are what I's call a "high" tail in the sense that the horizontal
stabilizer flies at a higher altitude than does the main wing, and
hence both would seem to have the same vulnerability to
deep stall.

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FF