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| Subject: | Who is Matt Dralle & What Are The Lists? |
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| Subject: | Re: CH601HD flaps |
Many thanks to all of you for your help.=0AI=B4m clear now, NO FLAPS..... R
ight now I fisnished the vertical tail and elevator, all the ribs done and
planning to begin with the spars.=0AIt sounds great the speeds you mentione
d and enought for me and what I use to fly.=0AThanks again=0A=0AMarcos Vare
la=0ASpain=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A De: Gerald A.
Applefeld VMD <jerryvmd@embarqmail.com>=0APara: zenith601-list@matronics.co
m =0AEnviado: Viernes 16 de noviembre de 2012 2:30=0AAsunto: Re: Zenith601-
List: CH601HD flaps=0A =0A=0AMarcos,=0AI have a Jabiru 3300, no wheel pants
and built per plans except I=0A added the forward tilt canopy.- If
you stiffen the baggage locker=0A doors (check the list archives) and
add extra Dzus fasteners (I=0A have a total of 8) then there is no mov
ement in flight.- With the=0A 3300 there is definitely no nose high
attitude.- Most people are=0A finding the need for slight nose up tr
im or slight adjustment of=0A the horizontal stab.- but it is a weig
ht and balance issue only.-=0A Move the battery fore or aft to get t
he W&B in the center then=0A no problem.- I have leading edge fuel t
anks with 15 gallons in=0A each plus an 8 gallon header tank.- With
a fixed pitch Sensenich=0A prop I fly at an indicated of 105-110 mph a
t 2700 to 2750 RPM, at=0A a fuel burn of about 5.5 gal/hr.- If I inc
rease RPM to 2800 I get=0A about 115 MPH but fuel burn goes up to 6 -
6.5 gal/hr.. At 2650=0A the fuel burn goes below 5 gal/hr and the crui
se is about=0A 99-100mph.- I still say no flaps needed for the HD.
- If I pull=0A power and set for 60-65 indicated I can land in less
than 700 feet=0A with little braking.- The descent angle is quite st
eep. I normally=0A do final at 70-75 and slow to 65 over the fence and
still land in=0A less than 1000 feet.- Good luck it's a fine plane.
=0AJerry =0A=0AOn 11/15/2012 5:42 PM, Marcos Varela Sartal wrote:=0A=0AHell
o Jerry, thanks a lot for your info. I=B4m a begginner with only about 50 h
ours of flight.=0A>I flew about 40 hours on a Tecnam P92 to get my Permit t
o Fly=0A and about 15 hours on my homebuilt Minimax. I have no probl
ems=0A with my Minimax as it land at about 40km/h and like you said,
=0A just cutt off engine to iddle and down...But with P92 you need
=0A to approach very high to avoid the trees (there are always=0A
turbulences up there) and after, you eat a lot of the runway=0A
even with flaps. I compared it because the approach speed is=0A sim
ilar to CH601HD. Another reason is the nose up attitude that=0A let
the flaps. I flew 4 hours for practice on a Zephyr 2000=0A (faster a
irplane) and you need almost the entire track......=0A>I have an Jabiru 220
0 engine for it, that=B4s the reason I choose=0A the 601HD instead o
f the XL.=0A>Just some more questions, I read a lot on the net about this
=0A airplane but:=0A>-What=B4s the real cruise speed?=0A>- Is true t
hat in flight normally takes a nose high attitude?=0A>- Is true that baggag
e compartments covers on wings move in=0A flight?=0A>Thanks a lot fo
r your comments and sorry for my poor english..=0A>My Best Regards=0A>Marco
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