REFLECTOR: empty w&b elite FG 173/lw

[Kevin Baker]

Thanks Scott..
I'll go check it all out the alignment/ rigging and see what I can find.... 
:-)

I was focused on the engine forgot about that part


Thanks
Kevin

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On Dec 18, 2011, at 8:21, Scott Derrick <scott at tnstaafl.net> wrote:

> Something is definitely out of alignment. 
> My plane is not what I would call 'good fit and finish.  That was obvious when I bought it.   But its fast.   Paint,  thin join lines, etc don't make a fast airplane.
> 
> Something in the rigging or alignment is slowing you down.
> 
> 
> 
> Kevin Baker <flykb at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
>> Ahhhhh  good idea.
>> I didn't think about that.
>> I'll check it.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Kevin 
>> 
>> .
>> 
>> On Dec 17, 2011, at 18:08, "Alex Balic" <velocity_pilot at verizon.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Not that you would want to change it any time soon Kevin, but check the AOA
>>> on the winglets- the overall fit and finish on your AC is too good for it to
>>> be that slow.
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Kevin Baker
>>> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 5:55 PM
>>> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
>>> Cc: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
>>> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: empty w&b elite FG 173/lw
>>> 
>>> Well for what it's worth I'm also battling some issues
>>> Speed- ours is too slow
>>> Just got a new catto prop and just took it up
>>> 25 mp 2500rpm full throttle 140 knots 14 gal/hr
>>> 
>>> I just mention this do that you don't think all of the rest of us don't meet
>>> factory specs but   It is nice to fly and folks still come buy and Marvil at
>>> the plane 
>>> 
>>> :-)
>>> 
>>> Kevin Baker
>>> 
>>> ..
>>> 
>>> On Dec 17, 2011, at 17:33, Chris Barber <cbarber at texasattorney.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> As to calibration, good or bad, my weight on the forth pad was the same as
>>> the independent digital personal scale we have at the hangar. 
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone 4
>>>> 
>>>> On Dec 17, 2011, at 5:29 PM, "Chris Barber" <cbarber at texasattorney.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Oh. To make it worse, it is still in primer. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone 4
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