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[edit] Practical Tandem Wing CG

On the CG envelope point, IIRC, the quickie and Q200 actually have excessively poor CG ranges, and it is one of the reasons that the type has never been adapted as a four-seater. I think this has to do with the absolutely necessity that the fore-wing always stall before the aft. I'll check for my source on that before updating the entry. - ESC —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.8.229.254 (talk) 01:09, 26 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Tandem stability explanation

"The difference between a tandem wing and a biplane etc..." Quite all the following text is totally wrong and out of aerodynamics; stability is a matter of CG position and lift slopes of front and aft wing, anyway canard, tandem or classic. For any of them, large or poor CG range may exist; there is no "a priori" large or poor CG configuration, each time it is a matter of design and tuning. Previous text tells that Q200 has excessively poor CG range... Plxdesi january 08 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.102.4.123 (talk) 21:52, 7 January 2008 (UTC)