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dave
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 Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 6:06 pm Post subject: Guy -- 582 numbers |
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Guy ,
I was out tonight weight about 850lbs wet with me solo.
955 ASL zero wind temp about 50F
Consistently off the ground in 200 or less with a bit of flap 250 +
otherwise but certainly never over 300 feet.
I got a video of it and will try to get it made into a .wmv. soon and post
it.
Were you able to get your off the ground better now ?
Dave
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Guy Buchanan
Joined: 16 Jul 2006
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Location: Ramona, CA
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| Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 8:58 pm Post subject: Guy -- 582 numbers |
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At 07:04 PM 10/1/2006, you wrote:
| Quote: | Were you able to get your off the ground better now ?
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Right now I'm doing gross weight testing. My passenger is three bags of
Red-E-Crete, 180 pounds and a bit lumpy, but very quiet. I estimate I'm
between 1150 and 1200 pounds. At that my takeoffs are between 700-1000'.
(Hot day, no wind.) I'll know more about rate of climb tomorrow when I
reduce the data from the testing I did yesterday. I did find that my stall
speeds increased to 45mph indicated clean and 41 dirty. Power on was 40 and
31, respectively.
I've used two techniques to take-off. The way I was taught was to lift the
tail and hold it up to liftoff speed,in my case about 50 mph, (10 over
stall,) and then fly away. I also picked up, from where I can't remember,
the idea of flying away from a three point. The latter takeoff is much
shorter, but much more exciting, as it puts you in the air right at stall
speed and you can get some "interesting" results on a gusty day. What are
you doing, Dave, to get your short takeoffs?
Guy Buchanan
K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.
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