Return-Path: Received: from mxsf10.cluster1.charter.net ([209.225.28.210] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 592057 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 05 Jan 2005 08:18:57 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.225.28.210; envelope-from=cardmarc@charter.net Received: from mxip09.cluster1.charter.net (mxip09a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.139]) by mxsf10.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j05DIQOC006377 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 08:18:26 -0500 Received: from fep05.charter.net (HELO 209.225.8.224) (209.225.8.85) by mxip09.cluster1.charter.net with SMTP; 05 Jan 2005 08:18:26 -0500 Message-Id: <3khj1l$fihjp4@mxip09a.cluster1.charter.net> X-Ironport-AV: i="3.88,101,1102309200"; d="scan'208"; a="522768164:sNHT31121380" X-Mailer: Openwave WebEngine, version 2.8.12 (webedge20-101-197-20030912) From: To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: IAS and Vne! Whoa! Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 13:18:26 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The Rocky Mtn umonitor also does true airspeed, and Mach number for those of your with very fast airplanes. I have one that I used a while. It is really a flight data computer of sorts! Marc Wiese > > From: "Marvin Kaye" > Date: 2005/01/04 Tue PM 04:05:03 GMT > To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" > Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: IAS and Vne! Whoa! > > > "Ed Anderson" wrote: > > """ > The bottom line is that at the higher altitudes your indicated airspeed > gauge > can be showing you safely below the Red Vne mark but, your True Airspeed may > be exceeding Vne by a considerably margin putting your airframe in a > potentially danger zone of flutter. > """ > > The Lancair IVPs, being designed for turbocharged flight, spend most of their > cruise time in the flight levels. Vne for that aircraft is mach .52... the > Cheltons (and other glass cockpits, I imagine) have the ability to monitor > that speed directly, and Vne is adjusted and displayed based on altitude, OAT, > etc (ie, TAS). The Vne parameter is entered as a mach number in the Chelton's > setup mode. Pretty amazing stuff. > > > > >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >