On 13 Jul 2004 14:33:53 -0700, (Andy Durbin)
wrote:

Just catching up with this thread and no-one seems to have mentioned
the effect of the flexible wings. I don't have experience in the 20
but I do have a series of photos of a fatal accident that started
with a contest finish pull-up and quickly ended up in a spinning
impact with the ground. I believe that the increased angle attack
caused by the wings returning to normal deflection contributed to the
accident.

Flexible wings do NOT change their AoA while they are bending -
otherwise flutter would start immediately.


Bye
Andreas