Just a general question that has nothing to do with 2 meter planes but sailplanes in general. I had a first flight of a sailplane awhile back. I did the dive test and flew inverted. Felt nose heavy. Took out lead. Did it again...took out lead...did it a few more times. All the while putting in down trim to keep it flying level. I get to the point where I notice that the decilage (sp) is massively wrong. LOTS of down stab to keep the plane flying level. Like 1/4" from zero. Take note that in a dive test it is still pulling up to much. So, the question is should I keep moving the CG back and keep making the decilage further off or do I put the CG so that I have zero or very little decilage angle. BTW...It has a full flying stab. I would think having so much decilage would cause a lot of drag....Opinions?
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