pmaxpmax(at)hotmail.com
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 Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 3:25 am Post subject: The Value of Flaps (Was: Welcome ...) |
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I use the flaps on almost every landing. It definitely lowers stall speed.
They allow me to fly a tighter, steeper approach without building up a lot
of airspeed. With a little practice most people can regularly land th XL in
500 feet. My shortest landings are much shorter than that.
The other advantage to building flaps is the value of sticking to the plans.
It will definetly take you longer to figure out a solution to entingeering
them out, than to build them. And then, you will have an XL that is unique,
and in some future pilot's eyes, less capable.
I vote for keep it simple and follow the designer's plans -- flaps.
Phil Maxson
601XL/Corvair
Northwest New Jersey
[quote]From: "Edward Moody II" <dredmoody(at)cox.net>
Reply-To: zenith-list(at)matronics.com
To: <zenith-list(at)matronics.com>
Subject: Re: Welcome to the neighborhood!/HF Welders
Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 20:06:30 -0500
No arguement from me as whether or not others like the flaps or how they
feel about their usefulness. What I stated about slowing a steeper decent
is
what I witnessed in person flying the demo at the factory. For me they are
worth messing with even if I only use them once in a blue moon. I threw
that
opinion into the mix because it's valid for me. I don't think I'll use them
routinely enough to bother with a flap indicator on the panel even though
the AF-3500 EFIS I'm going to use has the ability to display flap angle.
It's just not enough return on investment. I'm not bothered about being in
the minority if that's how it shakes out. I have heard that many flyers say
they don't use them or hardly ever do. Like I mentioned, I hardly ever
floorboard the accelerator pedal in my vehicles, but I wouldn't want a
smaller engine either.
Ed
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