Return-Path: Received: from pop3.olsusa.com ([63.150.212.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.4.5) with ESMTP id 776156 for rob@logan.com; Wed, 09 May 2001 13:22:19 -0400 Received: from picker.com ([144.54.3.2]) by pop3.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-71175U5500L550S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Wed, 9 May 2001 11:53:42 -0400 Received: from [144.54.59.6] (HELO Logan.com) by picker.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.3b1) with ESMTP id 4653718 for lancair.list@olsusa.com; Wed, 09 May 2001 12:00:28 -0400 Message-ID: <3AF969E1.5230B248@Logan.com> Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 11:01:37 -0500 From: Rob Logan MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lancair.list@olsusa.com Subject: Re: FWD:Re: Am I Wrong? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> <> > sounds like you don't understand the theory of Vx and Vy, or service I hate to see someone flamed. He was referring to not caring about TAS. I bet he uses IAS speeds for take off, glide and such.. > incipient stall speeds at bank angles, etc. etc. etc. need an AOA to do that. infact I'll extend my neck out and say if I had to pick between an airspeed indicator or AOA, I'd take the AOA and not have any speed source... (oh boy, I can see the "how do you time approaches" coming already) but this isn't part of the TAS thread and a GPS time to missed approach is better than that egg timer.. if we must flame the author it should be for mach overspeed in compressed air.. but there is good margin for that.. (unless you loose a window and are trying to get lower too hard :-) in his defense, TAS is "just" used to compare how big our second head is when talking to others, (GPS is for flight planning) when we should be using http://reacomp.com/true_airspeed/index.html >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>