Wing engineering?

Very nice analogie's, they put good pictures in my head. If I kept the
fuel tank in the fuselage behind the firewall, wouldn't that have
created trim problems as the fuel got used up?

Lou, have you asked tjis question to the designer of your craft?
His comments could be very interesting and informative.

Jean-Paul
"Lou" wrote in message
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Very nice analogie's, they put good pictures in my head. If I kept the
fuel tank in the fuselage behind the firewall, wouldn't that have
created trim problems as the fuel got used up?

As a matter of fact I finally found a way to communicate with him. He
is an Italian resident who doesn't speak english and I could so much as
insult someone in Italian. I did get a fax number for him (I will find
out about email soon) and am starting to translate a bunch of questions
to fax him. This will be interesting.

Lou wrote:
Very nice analogie's, they put good pictures in my head. If I kept the
fuel tank in the fuselage behind the firewall, wouldn't that have
created trim problems as the fuel got used up?


If you move any loads, including the fuel, you've changed the trim
point. You're always chasing the trim to some small extent anyway
(unless you have an autopilot which is doing the chasing for you). I
don't know if it can be described as a problem. You, as the pilot, will
have to decide that.

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This is by far the hardest lesson about freedom. It goes against
instinct, and morality, to just sit back and watch people make
mistakes. We want to help them, which means control them and their
decisions, but in doing so we actually hurt them (and ourselves)."

Ok I've started it, I have built the 2 wing ribs the way it called for
in the plans if I were installing the retract gear. The only differnce
is that I will not be cutting the bottom of the ribs out for the gear
that won't be there. They seem to be extreemly strong, sorry I didn't
think of this for luggage.
Lou

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"Lou" wrote:

Ok I've started it, I have built the 2 wing ribs the way it called for
in the plans if I were installing the retract gear. The only differnce
is that I will not be cutting the bottom of the ribs out for the gear
that won't be there. They seem to be extreemly strong, sorry I didn't
think of this for luggage.
Lou

What kind of plane is it?

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