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Nose Down Attitude for high wing tandem rear passenger view

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Staggermania

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I am working on a high wing tandem, with pilot and passenger forward of the wing. I'd like to keep fuselage height to a minimum, yet still give the rear passenger a decent forward view. The rear passenger sits 6 inches above the pilot, which helps, but I thought maybe if it flew with a slight nose down attitude, this would increase the view. Lets say the math works out for a 3 degree wing angle of incidence. What if I increased it slightly, to 5 or 6 degrees? Would this be better than increasing the height of the cockpit by another 6 inches? I am thinking of wetted area increase vs extra drag associated with incidence angle. Or perhaps just tilting the forward fuselage down slightly?

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated
 
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