Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 17:50:36 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from m9.jersey.juno.com ([64.136.22.72] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b7) with ESMTP id 1736315 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 10:06:15 -0400 Received: from cookie.juno.com by cookie.juno.com for <"O3/roEPyFF5b0Xt7Kt8VxkEKp0v7jizIN+jN33vuSH95PHfxeGHqNg=="> Received: (from rcalden@juno.com) by m9.jersey.juno.com (jqueuemail) id HCZCA7AG; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 10:05:31 EDT X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net X-Original-Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 17:17:32 -0500 Subject: Re:320 negative flaps X-Original-Message-ID: <20020918.090025.-450773.0.rcalden@juno.com> X-Mailer: Juno 5.0.27 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 5-6,8-9 From: Richard C Alden My 320 developed an uncivilized behavior pattern early on. When I thought it ought to start to float in ground effect, it would just quit flying 2-3 feet off of the ground. Turns out (this is anecdotal, at best) that the tape I had used to close off the BL50 gaps on the wings had, due to poor mechanical properties, shredded and - for all practical purposes - disappeared. My landings kept getting worse and worse. Can't rule out the nut holding the stick, but once the BL50 gaps were re-sealed, the landings improved immeasurably. Dick Alden, LNC320, N425A (short dynafocal, O320, CG well forward)