Hi Ron - it is common in all the taildraggers I've flown that application of the ailerons on the ground will result in a yaw in the opposite direction. This effect is more dramatic on some, less on o
Hi Ron - it is common in all the taildraggers I've flown that application of the ailerons on the ground will result in a yaw in the opposite direction. This effect is more dramatic on some, less on o
This should work great in an aircraft, zero cooling drag, does not requir e high grade fuel, allows high compression ratios - looks interesting! http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/200
The door came off my plane when it was being flown by the original builde r, fluttered down into a lady's back yard. When she found it there, she drove over to t he airport, walked in the FBO with th
Heres the Steorn Orbo free energy motor going live today 6PM London for a 10 day 24/7 videocast from four webcams. The device will be shown lifting a weigh t. Claimed power is .5 watt /cc, good enoug
Sure looks like a dud for now anyway! They have a pretty entertaining fo rum. Check out the overunity hamster! http://www.steorn.com/forum/ Glenn...wuz happenen? Steorn Orbo: canceled Posted Jul 6th
What I can't understand is after ovalizing the pip pin holes in the torq ue tube, what will then stop the pip pin from just sliding out. Am I missing something here? If the pip pin ba lls line up wit
Oops - my bad! Just the torque tube holes would be ovalized, not on TP6. Duhh! What I can't understand is after ovalizing the pip pin holes in the torq ue tube, what will then stop the pip pin from j
I wonder about the integrity of the elevator mass balance in the accident aircraft. If the mass balance had become disengaged for any reason, then the slightest distu rbance in pitch could cause the
Yeah, I got that but without mass balancing, the elevator could tend to s lam up or down to the stops, possibly ripping the stick out of the pilots hands. One or t wo oscillations of this sort and th
Once the tailplane(s) departed, the wing by itself has a negative pitchin g moment. Once the main wing heads down with nothing to stop it, would normally tend to pitch all the way under, which would
Yes, but trimming nose down is done to lower the angle of attack of the w ing, and thus lower the induced drag, allowing a higher airspeed. It is still pushi ng down, just not as much as at lower spe
Hi Mike - yes the aircraft will always pitch down with a non symmetrical ai rfoil. This is why aerobatic aircraft are designed with symmetrical airfoils - zero pitching m oment. Aerobatic pilots don'
Yes, thats all correct. The downforce of the tail just perfectly balances the CG being in front of the Aerodynamic Center. That creates a stable pit ch attitude. Actually the negative CM of the wing
I like it. I'm doing it this way rather than trying to improve the TP6 b ond! Thats nuts! Glenn> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 casonline.com> To: europa-list@matronics.com> > --> Europa-List message pos ted
Oooooh - that sounds good! Hi Fred, have you heard anything back from Paul Lipps or are you just going to wait and see what Vari Prop comes up with? Glenn What have you heard about the Airmaster/Sens
In one high speed VNE dive some years ago, I accidently bumped the stick forward. I immediately began I very high speed PIO that could have gotten real ugly. Relax, relax, relax. One more oscillation
The RV design is very suspect as well. We had two of them run out of fue l on takeoff, and one stall spin to final this year already in my area. 5 fatal. Must b e a bad design. Glenn> Subject: Europa
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Sorry about your difficulties Creighton. I have the larger pins as Mod 58 but haven't done the install yet as there has been no visible cracking on the original pins. Somehow Mod 58 disappeared from