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Mike,
I have a small tail 360 with the hydraulics on the rear bulkhead, 2
batteries in front of the passenger's feet (no dual rudders) and a saddle
tank.
I find this combination - just right- as far as goes CG flexibility
and fuel endurance.
The cg can be almost too far forward when lightweight if all the fuel
aboard is in the saddle - so learn not to do this.
The cg can be almost too far aft when very heavily loaded causing a
tendency to pitch oscillate on takeoff if I'm not careful.
Fuel is 15 in each wing and 13 in the header, (43 total) and I can
cruise for 5 hours and 1000 stat miles in good conditions.
That's about my personal endurance anyway on a leg.
I only feed engine fuel from the header and the wings feed with the facet
pumps. I don't have any way of knowing when a wing tank runs dry in flight
but it has never seemed to do any harm to leave the facets on too long until you
notice the header level not rising anymore. On the ground, you can tell by
the sound of the pumps when they are dry. I don't think I have much
unusable fuel in the wings because after doing this there is never enough
fuel to hear any sloshing when I shake the plane back at the pumps.
(With the wing cap off)
I don't think I would want speed brakes on my LNC2. They would not be
worth the cost and weight penalty. For efficiency, I usually plan letdown
at 500 FPM or 6NM per thousand feet to destination. If you need to descend
faster, push the nose down and get vne speed. The drag you need will
come from the speed.
If you still need more drag, pull 3-4 g's or so and spiral down.
This works great for diving through a hole in the clouds etc. Be sure
you're comfortable with maneuver before trying it - especially in reduced
vis. It can be disorienting.
Mark Ravinski
N360KB 1361 hrs
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Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 12:20
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Subject: [LML] Re: To header tank or
not....that is the question
I too purchase an uncompleted Carbon 360 SFB with outback gear,extended
wing tips and standard wing tips. Previous owner has bonded the center
stub wing to the fuselage,hydraulic pump to the rear bulkhead,wings is
untouch.Main and nose gears along with the doors are done. I would like
the experts to give me the pros and cons on several options I have.
Should I move the Battery and hydraulic pump to the front as John
mention.
Should make the wing tips interchangeable. What are benefit of the
extended wing tip.Does anyone have flown one that can give me the flight
characteristics.
Will the standard fuel bays give me sufficient flight time.
Can I install speed brake in the 360.Will it fit? Thank you for all the
help you can give.
Regards,
Mike Soh
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