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Old 10th Sep 2002, 08:14
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gaunty

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Ignore all the aero club bar myth and legend in lunchbox gurus, find the manufacturers POH and learn to operate it from their recommendations, think through the aerodynamics and physics of the thing ask questions of someone who knows and then go on from there.

Oh and think about the effect of carrying excess power into the flare and what will happen when and how you cut it.

Almost every body I have seen lands too fast on the premise of that couple of extra knots for insurance, until the light goes on. think through the aerodynamics and physics of the thing

There is ALL the elevator authority, and some, that you need, if you fly the right profile and speeds.

If you run out of trim and elevator authority, it can only mean ONE thing, you are way out of profile, with nowhere left to go except where Messrs Newton and Wind decide they are going to take you. In other words "out of control".

The "folks do not try this at home" party tricks should be given the same respect as we give the clown who performs them.

This aircraft is the most forgiving of any of the singles you will likely ever fly, except perhaps the C208, and with the power to get you out of those tight places, but like ANY aircraft if you ask it to do anything it wasn't designed for, or really cant do, then it will bite you hard, it just takes a little more provoking than most.

Enjoy.

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