REFLECTOR: SoCal Ride in Velocity

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Scott Baker <scottb33333 at gmail.com> wrote:

>Aileron control effectiveness at 85 knots will never be as good as you like. Secret to better slow flight handling is rudder. As the airspeed decays below 85 knots, initiate and recover banking with rudder and coordinated use of aileron during the turn. Consult slip/skid indicator to help point out how much rudder to use. Lots of rudder input is needed to keep the ball centered at slow speeds. 
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>Scott Baker
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>On Jul 27, 2012, at 1:04 PM, Erik Franks <efranks3 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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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