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Re: Europa-List: Are Vne and Va IAS or TAS?

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Are Vne and Va IAS or TAS?
From: William Daniell <wdaniell.longport@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 07:08:20
Bud thanks,  sets my mind at rest.

William Daniell
LONGPORT
+57 310 295 0744

On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 11:09 PM, Bud Yerly <budyerly@msn.com> wrote:

> Will,
> I'm still on the road but here goes.
> Short answer:
> Q is force, whereas True is just speed.
> Long Answer:
> Think of it this way.  The mono cruises at 175 TAS at 18,000 with a 914.
> The indicated is only 125 ish.  You cannot pull enough G to achieve 6 Gs
> before you stall or have a vertical gust break the plane. Is the mono abo
ve
> VNE, at 175 TAS, NO.  Heck you are not at Vno or about 131 KIAS which is
> your green arc for gust factor(turbulent speed).
>
> That gust factor is what you need to be aware of in the turbulence of the
> mountains.
>
> "Aircraft Performance" by Domash explains it.
> So does the FAA.  For finding high speed affects, the USAF F104 VN diagra
m
> is on Wikipedia and shows how Mach affects figure in for high TAS.
>
> TAS is important in turn rate, radius, navigation, and determining your
> Mach and Q velocity. But it is your Q (dynamic pressure), aka IAS, that
> affects, flutter, structural  deformation, and your stall and not to exce
ed
> speeds.  This means what you read on your airspeed indicator is what you
> need to know for the plane.  TAS and Ground Speed affect your pilotage
> which is a different topic.
>
> Again, in mountain flying, you need to know your turn diameter when valle
y
> flying, high altitude patterns (wider pattern necessary), lead turns to a
> radials etc. (especially In high speed aircraft) and in light aircraft in
> very high elevations.  Engine performance vs airspeed bleed off becomes a
> factor as well.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bud Yerly
> Custom Flight Creations
>
>
> From: William Daniell
> Sent: Friday, January 5, 4:07 PM
> Subject: RE: Europa-List: Are Vne and Va IAS or TAS?
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
>
>
> Bud
> Does this apply even at the upper altitude range ....say 13k or 15k?
> Will
>
>
> On Jan 4, 2018 22:19, "Bud Yerly" <budyerly <budyerly@msn.com>@msn.com
> <budyerly@msn.com>> wrote:
>
> Yep Graham,
> Airplanes only feel air pressure, not the velocity of the molecule alone.
> Dynamic pressure  is =C2=BD Density times Velocity Squared  or IAS (actua
lly you
> have calibrated then equivalent) is what the airplane feels.  Those RV gu
ys
> got all hung up on this and confused everyone.
>
> Bottom line, what you read on the airspeed indicator counts.  TAS is
> important (actually Mach number) as the skin heats up due to friction whi
ch
> is a different ball of wax.  I was always a slow speed aero guy to match 
my
> mind.
>
> Regards,
> Bud Yerly
>
>
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> matronics.com> on behalf of Pete <peterz <peterz@zutrasoft.com>
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>
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> *Subject:* Re: Europa-List: Are Vne and Va IAS or TAS?
>
> Hi Ivan, just to confirm, Vd   IAS   @8000ft DA?
>
> Thanks again!
> Pete
>
> On Jan 4, 2018, at 5:21 PM, <ivanshaw <ivanshaw@btinternet.com>
> @btinternet.com <ivanshaw@btinternet.com>> <ivanshaw
> <ivanshaw@btinternet.com>@btinternet.com <ivanshaw@btinternet.com>> wrote
:
>
> All our company aircraft were tested to Vd, 10% over Vne. And not just
> taken to the speed but then tested [short stick and rudder raps] to see i
f
> any flutter mode could be excited at Vd. I have performed these tests at/
up
> to 8000ft . We have never experienced any flutter mode. I also tested the
> tail plane underbalanced and over balanced with the same results. To my
> knowledge we have not had any reported flutter incidence on the entire
> fleet. As you mentioned Pete did exceed Vd on a few occasions.
>
> Ivan
>
>


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