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Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 15:00:36 -0700
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
From: Ken Welter <rotary.coot@verizon.net>
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Flight of the phoenix
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   The hull is stretched 24 inches, the wing is moved forward 8 inches 
in relation to the step, the wing has been raised 5.5 inches and I 
kept the prop in the same location to reduce the downward thrust on 
the nose, also the tail is moved back 12 inches in relation to the 
wing and the wing span is 10 inches wider and the dihedral is dropped 
from 7 degrees to 5.8 and the vertical fin is 4 inches longer.
  Empty weight came out 125 lbs lighter than the old one, the old one 
weight in at 2000 lbs empty and I would fly it at 3100 gross, the new 
one weighs in at 1857 empty.
  Besides the better water handling the in flight is drastically 
better as the old one really rock and rolled in turbulence and this 
one just plows through them.
  Cruise speed remains about the same at 100 to 110 mph but still 
tweaking on the engine and prop and I think I can bring the speed up 
a bit, landing and takeoff speed is about 10 slower and much shorter 
on land and water.

  Ken Welter


>Great job Ken.
>Just curious about the flight characteristics and how they changed from the
>old to new version.  Could you give us some of the basic numbers like empty
>weight, wingspan & wing area on old & new?
>
>I'm increasing the span & weight on my RV-8 a bit and looking for clues
>about what I can expect.
>
>Tracy
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ken Welter" <rotary.coot@verizon.net>
>To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
>Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 8:52 AM
>Subject: [FlyRotary] Flight of the phoenix
>
>
>>    A year and a month later it fly's again, been flying for three day
>>  now and have 7 hrs on it already and it fly's and floats absolutely
>>  perfect.
>>    The longer four place hull makes it slide up on the step very easy
>>  without using the nitrous and the rough water handling is great.
>>
>>    Ken welter
>>
>>
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