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 Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 4:05 pm Post subject: Vg's, Slats, Strut fairings STOL 701 |
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I am not too surpassed that Zenith has not gone to VG's. VNE is 110 mph and mine with the mods (including fairing out the lift struts..picked up about 5 mph there)before floats cruised at 97mph at 5200 rpm. You really do want to be careful cruising that close to VNE. On floats all I get is 85MPH at 5500 RPM with the 912 uls. A few more MPH would help but the big thing is the fuel burn at high power settings.....I'd like to get more range. Also remember when the 701 first came out there were few if any aircraft that had VG's. That's changed ....I've had them on my Cessna 170A and Avid Magnum and I can not say enough good about them. And yes.... I know the slats need to be removed in order to use the vg's and this is a major change. But is it that much more ratical that the new leading edge put on a Cessna with a Sportsmen STOL kit. I'm not saying mods are for everyone but it seems to be working well on some Australian 701's. Look at the web site and then one can at least think about it. And if it's not for you ....let it be. http://www.stolspeed.com/content.php I have nothing to do with Stolspeed other than ordering VG's from them. Just my thoughts so please no flaming me.....Take it or delete it.
Tom Schulke
Stol 701 912uls on Czech 1200 amphibs 150+ hours Florida
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