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| Subject: | Re: 750 Cruise vs 701 Cruise. |
Hi Gary,
Ive had this conversation for years with Cub drivers and Pacer Drivers up in Alaska.
They have this concept that because there airplane is set up for Busy (STOL)
flying they should take off all the fairings and do-dads that streamline
the airplane. Because they fly low and slow they think they dont need them anymore.
When it come to wheel pants you and they are right. They must go and boy
do they look out of place on a 701(sorry all you guys with wheel pants on your
701s, but thats my opinion). So anything that helps make an airplane clean and
more aero dynamic is a plus, so long as it dose not detract from the job of
STOL/Bush flying. I fly out of an 800ft strip at 6500ft altitude with 70Ft pine
trees at 1300 feet from the point you start your roll. I want anything and
everything that will allow my plane to get to speed as fast as possible. Strut
fairings work great. Why give up any performance that helps accomplish your
goal.
Question for the group: Has anyone ever seen a 701 or even an 801 with a nice clean
fairing between the top of the fuselage to the Horizontal Stabilizer? It
currently looks like an aero dynamic mess to me.
Rick
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Rick
N35 26.700, W118 16.743
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| Subject: | Re: 750 Cruise vs 701 Cruise. |
Hello Rick,
-
We (Larry my brother and myself) had the idea to add some "cleaning" to out
701 once is flying...- But happens the same as the guys that will "paint
it one of this days",- is so much fun flying it and we has so little no
flyable weekends here, that is dificult to find the time off to do the impr
ovements.---
-
Here the most time we can not fly in a constant matter -is about two mont
hs in the July to October range, depends in the cuantity of the storms in o
ur raining season. The grass strip gets too wet and we can destroy it with
the wheels.
But if there is no rain since Thursday,- then Saturday or Sunday can be f
lyable,--last year-(2008) season we had only-4 non flyable weekends
-during the season (july-oct) , 2007-we had only-ONE flyable weekend
in the hole season! Was a very rainy season that year.
-
So now is hard to work all week and spend saturday working on the-plane i
nstead of flying.- with the down time for the normal mantainance-and th
e "family's parties", we have enough... :-)
Our weather forcast for this winter-week:
http://tinyurl.com/dh4pre
-
Probably-during the test time of the 601 XL- we could-ground the 701
-a few weeks and do the fairings.
-
A advice to builders.- Try to do all-the improvements to your plane bef
ore it flys, same-to the single-(or divorced) builders,- buy all your
toys before you get (re)married,- later will be several-times more dif
icult...-if you are allowded. -:-)- :-)
-
Saludos
Gary Gower.
Do not archive.
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--- On Sat, 1/31/09, ricklach <rick@ravengear.us> wrote:
From: ricklach <rick@ravengear.us>
Subject: Zenith750-List: Re: 750 Cruise vs 701 Cruise.
<rick@ravengear.us>
Hi Gary,
I=99ve had this conversation for years with Cub drivers and Pacer Dri
vers
up in Alaska. They have this concept that because there airplane is set up
for
Busy (STOL) flying they should take off all the fairings and do-dads that
streamline the airplane. Because they fly low and slow they think they
don=99t need them anymore. When it come to wheel pants you and they a
re
right. They must go and boy do they look out of place on a 701(sorry all yo
u
guys with wheel pants on your 701s, but that=99s my opinion). So anyt
hing
that helps make an airplane clean and more aero dynamic is a plus, so long
as it
dose not detract from the job of STOL/Bush flying. I fly out of an 800ft st
rip
at 6500ft altitude with 70Ft pine trees at 1300 feet from the point you sta
rt
your roll. I want anything and everything that will allow my plane to get t
o
speed as fast as possible. Strut fairings work great. Why give up any
performance that helps accomplish your goal.
Question for the group: Has anyone ever seen a 701 or even an 801 with a ni
ce
clean fairing between the top of the fuselage to the Horizontal Stabilizer?
It
currently looks like an aero dynamic mess to me.
Rick
--------
Rick
N35 26.700, W118 16.743
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=227876#227876
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