1planeguy(at)kilocharlie. Guest
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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:13 am Post subject: platypus hops and other useless trivia |
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Just catching up on the last week or so of Kolb-list and saw a remark by
Mr. Hauck that "planes don't fly below stall speed". Since there
appears to be some low-time to no-time aviators on the list I thought I
would clarify a piece of trivia...What John said is correct but planes
can LIFT OFF below "stall" speed. Wonderful little thing called GROUND
EFFECT makes that awesome Kolb wing create enough lift to levitate
before that little needle gets to the bottom of that little green arc
that the last owner installed. My only point is to reiterate what has
been said...don't "drive" that airplane around till you are sure you
could fly it and land it. And just because that previous owner said it
stalled at 32, don't think it won't "FLY" below that...(it won't "fly'
long but it could get the wheels off the ground long enough to get
someone real hurt...)
Just a piece of trivia to think about...
Jeremy
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