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Hi there,

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Your best bet, if the model is *significantly* different from your "seed" plane, is to beg (grovelling works, too) one of the flight dynamics masochists (er "gurus") to tweak the dynamics for you.

Since most (all) of the significant parameters nestled in the black-box we call an air file that determine a plane's "behavior" are set and/or overwritten by the aircraft.cfg file... it's safe (unless you're building something unusual) to rough it in by creating something close, size and configuration-wise with FsEdit (or just start with an existing air-file/aircraft.cgf file combo from an existing aircraft (use the Mooney if you're modeling a Bonanza)) and then work solely with a text editor and the aircraft.cfg file.

The tricky part starts when you try to modify important locations (CG, wing/stabilizer apexes) and lose track of the original model-center/reference point differential. That's the FIRST thing I do. Make it