REFLECTOR: SoCal Ride in Velocity

[Michael Watson]

Try VG's on the wings. With VG's I have full control down to 70 knots.



On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Erik Franks <efranks3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> This is Erik Franks with the Velocity XL-RG. Just finished the 40 hour
> Phase 1 flight test program yesterday. My friend Al Smith who is test
> flying wants to compare the handling characteristics of this Velocity to
> another one and was hoping to ride with another pilot in the Los
> Angeles/Bakersfield/San Diego area.
> We tried lowering the ailerons 1/4" with neutral stick and that seemed to
> make handling much worse. Even with vortilons and trailing edge fences
> control at 85 knots isn't as good as we'd like. Any suggestions? Any
> opportunity for a ride along? Thank you.
> -Erik Franks
>
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-- 
Mike W.
1997 Velocity Elite RG
Franklin /IVO Electric CS
Dual GRT EFIS HX Synthetic Vision
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