dave
Joined: 22 Sep 2006
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 Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:35 pm Post subject: PAUL : less than 100 foot take off ... cool |
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Paul, Thanks for that post.
I did at least a dozen takeoffs today all definably 120 feet at the longest.
I did try different flap settings and tail up tail down tail light on tailwheel etc..........
Conclusion ? Well 20 degrees stick neutral wide open throttle let go of brakes and it will fly off in 120 or less feet.
This is probably the best soft/short field combo for all round use.
I maintain that getting tail up so your AOA is zero and pull full flaps ( over 30 degrees is necessary to achieve best results) and at the same time you yank that flap handle FULL you yank the stick back full and if you not ready the tailwheel smacks the ground and if you ready the wings and tail are flying and the tailwheel will not smack the ground.
What would you think of a longer landing gear ? say 3 to 5 inches longer extended from what I presently have ?
I am not sure if that would be worth it or not.
I will tell you that the guy who is doing those tests on the Zenith 701 without the Slats runs a company called www.stolspeed.com and he sells VGs called Feather Vgs . He sent me some to try after seeing my last 3 videos I posted. ( he might be on this list , I am not sure) .
Anyways I will report the findings when I do in fact try them to anyone interested. I did tell him that I have a good flying Kitfox now and I did not think that the VGs will do much good for me but he sent them any ways as he liked my videos. If they work well you will know and if they don't well you will know as well. Am I told him that 701s have similar performance to a Kitfox in the STOL part but they just plain Ugly and slower. ( VERY Big Grin )
Dave
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