Dennis said,
This may or may not be relevant to open canopy
controllability, but I think the preceding description is backwards.
The tail provides negative lift in level flight, pushing the nose down, not
up. If the open canopy blanketed the tail, I think the nose would have
pitched up, not down.
Let's see, if your CG is in front of the CL which way does
the tail have to push to keep you level?
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