X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:47:13 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imr-da06.mx.aol.com ([205.188.169.203] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.8) with ESMTP id 4385159 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:50:14 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.169.203; envelope-from=Sky2high@aol.com Received: from imo-da04.mx.aol.com (imo-da04.mx.aol.com [205.188.169.202]) by imr-da06.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id o68DnUre017527 for ; Thu, 8 Jul 2010 09:49:30 -0400 Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-da04.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v42.9.) id q.e6a.3b409c3 (56026) for ; Thu, 8 Jul 2010 09:49:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from magic-m22.mail.aol.com (magic-m22.mail.aol.com [172.20.22.195]) by cia-md07.mx.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILCIAMD078-dada4c35d767348; Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:49:27 -0400 From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <14e22.5fff5a6b.39673167@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 09:49:27 EDT Subject: Re: [LML] Re: MK II Tail girds AU X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_14e22.5fff5a6b.39673167_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 9.5 sub 155 X-AOL-ORIG-IP: 67.175.87.113 X-AOL-IP: 172.20.22.195 X-Spam-Flag:NO X-AOL-SENDER: Sky2high@aol.com --part1_14e22.5fff5a6b.39673167_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en Dom, =20 What a great accomplishment! Egads, GPS overkill when you slavishly =20 followed the contorted coastline - BTW, were you in need of chiropractic= =20 adjustment after spending the entire trip looking out the same side windo= w? =20 Perhaps on a repeat you will skip the indent at Spencer Gulf and fly 'rou= nd=20 Melville and Kangaroo islands - maybe even Tasmania you devil.......... =20 Even more impressive, 'twas done without a dispatcher or tea served in the= =20 cockpit by an attendant. =20 =20 Little elevator, big tail - just another variation on the highly customize= d=20 200/300 series. =20 Scott Krueger =20 =20 In a message dated 7/8/2010 5:25:54 A.M. Central Daylight Time, =20 domcrain@tpg.com.au writes: =20 I think I might have contributed to the small/big tail debate a cupla=20 years or more ago. Anyway, Mine has a large horizontal stab while maintai= ning=20 the same span elevator. One of the two options the local authority at the= =20 time recommended. The builder chose this =E2=80=98cos he didn=E2=80=99t= want to cut the=20 horizontal stab and rebuild with a full span elevator. You can just see= the=20 knuckles of the extra 25% span he added on each side.=20 Whatever, mine flies well, and the only attempt I have had at flying a=20 small tail was with Bill Harrelson, who could only have wondered where th= e=20 !@*^ this !@#&*^% Aussie got a licence, such was the high level of PIO=20 exhibited. (I reverted to camera duty).=20 The end result it seems to me, is if you have a large tail, keep it, and= =20 if you have a small tail, keep it.=20 I don=E2=80=99t see the point of major surgery when it probably won=E2=80= =99t produce a=20 result worth worrying about.=20 Anyway, lads and lasses, last year (May) I did a solo circumnavigation of= =20 continental Australia. =E2=80=98Cos the Wx at the south west corner was= bad on the=20 day I departed Perth, I had to cut inland by about a 100 NM before headin= g=20 south to join the coast at an old whaling station port called Albany =E2= =80=93 like=20 New York=E2=80=99s Albany in spelling. That plus a cupla other track shor= ts, and=20 time limitation on the Maintenance Release to the Annual, I wasn=E2=80=99= t all that=20 happy with the outcome, so I did it again this year, and indeed satisfied= =20 the intent by being over water all the way. Pretty much like Matty Flinde= rs=20 except he was in a sailing ship and didn=E2=80=99t have three GPS=E2=80= =99s. Well he did,=20 but they were called sextants in those days.=20 I attach a copy of my GPS Google Earth track plot and trip data.=20 Ciao for now=20 Dom Crain=20 VH-CZJ -- For archives and unsub =20 http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html --part1_14e22.5fff5a6b.39673167_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en <= FONT id=3Drole_document color=3D#000000 size=3D2 face=3DArial>
Dom,
 
What a great accomplishment!  Egads, GPS overkill when you slavi= shly=20 followed the contorted coastline - BTW, were you in need of chiropractic= =20 adjustment after spending the entire trip looking out the same side=20 window?  Perhaps on a repeat you will skip the indent at Spencer= Gulf=20 and fly 'round Melville and Kangaroo islands - maybe even Tasmania you=20 devil..........
 
Even more impressive, 'twas done without a dispatcher or tea served= in the=20 cockpit by an attendant. 
 
Little elevator, big tail - just another variation on the highly cust= omized=20 200/300 series.
 
Scott Krueger
 
In a message dated 7/8/2010 5:25:54 A.M. Central Daylight Time,=20 domcrain@tpg.com.au writes:

I think I might=20 have contributed to the small/big tail debate a cupla years or more ago.= =20 Anyway, Mine has a large horizontal stab while maintaining the same span= =20 elevator. One of the two options the local authority at the time recomme= nded.=20 The builder chose this =E2=80=98cos he didn=E2=80=99t want to cut the ho= rizontal stab and=20 rebuild with a full span elevator. You can just see the knuckles of the= extra=20 25% span he added on each side.

Whatever, mine=20 flies well, and the only attempt I have had at flying a small tail was= with=20 Bill Harrelson, who could only have wondered where the !@*^ this !@#&= ;*^%=20 Aussie got a licence, such was the high level of PIO exhibited. (I rever= ted to=20 camera duty).

The end result it=20 seems to me, is if you have a large tail, keep it, and if you have a sma= ll=20 tail, keep it.

I don=E2=80=99t see the=20 point of major surgery when it probably won=E2=80=99t produce a result= worth worrying=20 about.

 

Anyway, lads and=20 lasses, last year (May) I did a solo circumnavigation of continental=20 Australia. =E2=80=98Cos the Wx at the south west corner was bad on the= day I departed=20 Perth, I had to cut inland by about a 100 NM before heading south to joi= n the=20 coast at an old whaling station port called Albany =E2=80=93 like New Yo= rk=E2=80=99s Albany in=20 spelling. That plus a cupla other track shorts, and time limitation on= the=20 Maintenance Release to the Annual, I wasn=E2=80=99t all that happy with= the outcome,=20 so I did it again this year, and indeed satisfied the intent by being ov= er=20 water all the way. Pretty much like Matty Flinders except he was in a sa= iling=20 ship and didn=E2=80=99t have three GPS=E2=80=99s. Well he did, but they= were called sextants=20 in those days.

 

I attach a copy of=20 my GPS Google Earth track plot and trip data.

 

Ciao for=20 now

 

Dom=20 Crain

 

VH-CZJ



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