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Lateral Damping: Any actual flying wing pilots on here?

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Aerowerx

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For quite some time I have had a flying wing design on the back burner. Every so often I stir the pot to keep it from boiling over.;)

I have seen the mil-spec for acceptable handling characteristics and have a feel for the required amount of damping for lateral and longitudinal stability. In my virtual tests, longitudinal is not a problem.

What I am wondering is if there is anyone on here that has flown a tailless flying wing. How did it behave? Did the nose tend to wander back and forth? Was it "disconcerting"? Any other strange quirks?

If you answer, it would be highly useful to know the type of aircraft. And I am including hang gliders and trikes in this, besides the Mitchel wings and Kasper wings, Opal, Marske designs, etc. A report on the newer Horten designs would be great!
 
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