Originally Posted by
Zulu Alpha
The only thing I don't like about many of these new fuel efficient plastic fantastics are their performance in turbulence.
To get the performance they seem to go for very light wing loading which makes them get thrown about a lot in turbulence or thermals.
Gust response is proportional to speed squared divided by wing loading. So, the faster you're flying, the worse it gets, but a low wing loading also doesn't help.
The low wing loading is because the regulations require a stall speed (full flaps) not above 35 knots CAS. For as long as the microlight regulations require that - which they probably always will, you'll have this problem.
A highly efficient flap system with a small wing, alleviates this - which the CT is doing already.
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