Larry, et al,
<<<Don't
bite on every single tip that get's mentioned as a "speed" item! One item
mentioned recently from a second hand vendor (cowl and exhaust pipes)
spoke of several knots speed advantage while the plane actually took 5th place
(or dead last stated another way) in the Airventure Cup. If indeed the
plane went 10 kts faster than before the mods I'm amazed that it could fly above
stall speed before these dramatic improvements
:)
>>>>
Righto! Although, I think it was 6th place
(still last).
Yep, you can see it down at the end of the
line. Hmmm, 2 360's beat by a 320, then Mark and yourself, and the last time
we'll have to fly against the turbo-charged Special. I recently tried to
tickle out more info from the cowl developer and the response was that the molds
are still available.
<<<<
the trim tab on the right wing or left may be
irrelevant. I can laterally trim my plane with 4 gallons of fuel (or 24
lbs) when solo. Me thinks trim gear totals less than two lbs. and I
like looking at it on the left on my before takeoff
checklist. >>>>>>
Yep. During some testing, I found
that a passenger in the right seat allowed the plane to fly wings
level. Without the passenger, a 4 gallon wing fuel discrepency
trimmed out the same way. With an internal servo controlled spring bias
trim, I never look out the window - it's scary sometimes.
<<<<<<I use a header tank
and am in the minority. If you want more wing fuel you do NOT have to add
wing extensions. The outer bay can be converted to end up with about 21
gal in each wing. 42 gallons is alot of
fuel>>>>>>
Me too on the header. Even though our
wings are "overbuilt", I would question unintentional aerobatics and turbulence
penetration (since we always operate in the yellow airspeed band) with the
added weight of fuel in the outer bay, but especially in tip
extensions????
<<<<<<Fastest LNC2 in the Western
Hemisphere.>>>>>>
Yada, Yada,
Yada. You have excessively loaded down your plane with 40 unnecessary
cubic inches. The real matches occur betwixt 320s.
Scott Krueger
AKA Grayhawk AKA Race 94
MotorMouth, Charlatan, Bon Vivant, Escapee,
Etcetera...
