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Vertical tail airfoil for pusher

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Eugene

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Found this article online about Hornet airplane. I have same problem on my Skyboy always need to hold right rudder. Sure simple trim tab can do it for me, but then I need to make right leg longer and left one shorter.

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Vertical tail volume is only 0.32 on my Skyboy and need for rudder deflection is pretty big. If you want to go straight.

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New tail will get for sure a little longer and bigger, but I am wondering if anybody have good idea of how they did it on Hornet? Did they use 6% airfoil on the right side of the fin, but 10% on left side? Or they changed the angle as well by 1° or 2°?

Thank you.
 
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