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For the past few editions of Wind Tunnel, we’ve been exploring the factors that...

Getting 260 mph out of an O-200 Continental just for fun.

Columnist Barnaby Wainfan discusses the factors that affect the longitudinal stability of an aircraft during a variety of maneuvers. Designers make compromises to keep stick forces down so that a pilot can control an airplane, but sometimes they go too far, and light control forces can result in problems that are just as serious as those posed by forces that are too heavy. Whats a designer to do? The most important considerations are presented.

Part 8: Trying out task-based Phase I flight testing.