That is correct.  It is even more important with the TSIO550 due to
turbos and intercoolers.  If I am alone in the airplane I have landed
many times with the elevator hitting the stop.  The landings have
resulted in perfect touchdown but I don't think they would be very
successful if I hadn't changed the position of the HS to -.06 degrees.

Bryan J. Burr
N132BB

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From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of
John Schroeder
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 12:52 PM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Re: Flight Characteristic Question

Rick -

I understand that the reason for going to a -0.6 degree position on the
HS on our ES's was to provide more control in the landing phase. This
was done because of the heavier nose wi/ the IO-55x engine and a three
blade metal prop.

Anyone else hear that?

John



>
> A bad scenario is that you have the horizontal so far "off" (leading
edge
> up) that you run out of up elevator movement in the flare.  The other
bad
> scenario is that the horizontal is so far "off" (leading edge down)
that you
> need "lots" of down elevator at high speeds (added drag).


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