REFLECTOR: Riddle me this...

[Jack Sheehan]

Ken,
Now we have arrived! We now speak of Velocities in terms of Mach Number.
You better get the XL done soon before someone else beats you to the 
sound barrier.

Jack
N55XL

At 07:58 PM 5/30/2007, you wrote:
>Hiroo
>   I have the same or at least similar reaction to CG. When flying 
> alone with different fuel loads, the farther forward I move things 
> (computer, baggage, tools) the faster the airplane is. When the 
> plane is at gross weight it is always the slowest. When it is the 
> lightest it is not always the fastest. It seems when the elevator 
> is neutral, the plane is faster.
>      I picked up 17kts. when I put on my own design wheel pants. It 
> went faster with less drag which made the ram air induction work 
> better and produced more power which made the plane go faster so 
> the wheel pants work better and so on. IO360 MT 165TAS (Mach 
> .248)
>
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>                                 Ken Mishler N2087M
>                                 SUV  600hrs. &
>                                 XLRG-5  under construction
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