Whaddya talking about? An UltraStar is certainly a Kolb!
I posted on this a few weeks back after flying without the gap seal for the
first (and last!) time. Bottom line is that the plane handled very mushy,
needed a lot more back stick to lift off, and the rate of climb was
drastically reduced.
-Dana
At 08:20 AM 11/16/2009, mark.shimei wrote:
>Well,this probably isnt Kolb related ,since it is an Ultrastar,but I will
>put this out anyway.
>
>My ULTRASTAR has flown without the filler between between the center
>section for 60hrs+ since April. I have not noticed any loss of control at
>stalls or in any other flight position,including landing....plenty of room
>to flare.
>
>I installed a velcroed gap filler with an alum. flashing leading edge to
>give it stiffness,instead of using a center rib of sorts.
>
>The takeoff-climbout seemed a little faster,but what really seemed to
>change was the pitching up of the nose at cruise
>Originally I needed to install a bungee to hold the stick back(John H
>trim) which worked great. I now have to push FWD at level
>cruise(75%). Just trying to figure out why it changed so much
>
>On the flip side,I can putter at 3200 rpm and sink about 80fpm or
>so.Havent dead-sticked it yet,but will try it as soon as the weather
>changes.Got 10+ in so far,so I have a good reference point.
>
>Mark
>
>
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