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Old 4th Sep 2009, 12:07
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S-Works
 
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Hatz, you are being a little economical with the truth there.

The approach speeds, stall speeds etc for every permit aircraft are tested and recorded. I do enough test flying for the LAA to confirm that. They may not have a POH but the figures are known and it is down to a good pilot to fly those speeds. When I am doing an initial test flight the first thing I look for is the manufacturers claimed numbers and go off and test as against those. It is rare to find a kit these days that is much outside the manufacturers numbers. I flew a CZW Sportscruiser last week for it's test flight for initial permit issue and the numbers were within a kt or so of the manufacturers claimed figures.
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