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Beryl[_6_]

wrote:
On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:23:39 -0700, Beryl wrote:
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The 701 tail pushes down to hold the nose up, just like the 172
tail does. ...
The Cessna has the camber on the top - and the bottom is flat. The
airfoil causes LIFT in the upward direction.

Where did you see this 172 airfoil? Elevator, or stabilizer?

... the 701 does NOT have a Lifting tail - but the Cessna DOES.

No way. It would be tail heavy, unstable, with computers driving it.
An F-16.