REFLECTOR: Brake authority

[Al Gietzen]

I concur with Larry - 10KIAS makes a big difference.

My canard stalls at 60KIAS with just me, 65KIAS with

two people up front.

 

I still have about half the width of the elevator cuff on the elevators. It
gives a very gentle pitch-buck at stall, I've never felt a lack of elevator
authority; and I never have full aft stick on landing.  However; would
removing the rest of the cuff reduce the stall speed?

 

I have my ground idle set to about 500 RPMs (Lyc

IO-540 with two mags) which is pretty much as slow as

it will run

 

My engine idle is about 850; that's about 210 rpm on the prop.

 

Al

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