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Originally Posted by LarryBible
I'm also skeptical, but if the plane is as stripped down as some folks indicate, the wing loading would be so light, it wouldn't take a whole lot of wind.
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In reality, the wings cannot generate any lift with the airplane lacking rotation.
The real issue is the position of the elevators and the CG. If the CG is very close to the main gear, it only takes a bit of downforce on the tail to raise the nose.
If, as was suggested, the horizontal stabilizer was trimmed for nose up, a relatively low level wind (70 mph) could provide sufficient force to lift the nose.
The wings still generate no lift. They are essentially irrelevant in the equation.