Thread: Standard Cirrus
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Old March 17th 11, 05:52 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Jock Proudfoot
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Default Standard Cirrus

The all-moving tailplane, a feature of many designs of that period due to
its theoretically higher efficiency, caused less than desirable high-speed
stability characteristics, and so modifications were made to the early
design. Even so, the glider is still very sensitive in pitch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schempp...tandard_Cirrus