"Remember  that if you bought a carbon Legacy kit and intended to race it
at Reno, Lancair
  applied extra carbon in the tail cone and vertical stablizer area for
strength  and
  stiffness."  
  

The above statement in interesting. My Super Legacy was the first to have
the area from the windows to 3/4 the way up the vertical stabilizer
reinforced with 4 layers of additional carbon fiber. Darryl Greeamyer's
Legacy was the second.

My understanding is that, for an additional cost, a person can now order
this reinforcement incorporated in the kit when it is produced in the
Philippines.

I thought that with the higher speeds that were being flown at Reno that it
might be prudent to strengthen that area of the fuselage. I expressed my
concern to Andy Chiavetta. He, in turn, ask Greg Cole and Greg was greatly
if favor of the idea. Darryl, at first, resisted the idea, then decided to
do it too.

My highest indicated air speed, to date, is 340 knots. Greg says we are good
to .6 mach.

I don't think that any of the standard Legacys that race at Reno have this
modification.

Lynn Farnsworth
Super Legacy #235
TSIO-550 Powered
Race #44