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Old 05-23-2006 | 11:44 AM
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From: Ederveen, NETHERLANDS
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Darn!
Just received my new legs, high quality Jet A-1 Trailing link legs, but alas....WAY too short! Some 40mm off....
Already have word from the dealer he is willing to take them back, good service. Have to look for other solutions.

ledd4du:
I guess the P120 is a bit overkill, a friend of mine had the same setup initially. Max speed was not that much higher as with his P80 which he installed later, but of course fuel flow and weight were.
The biggest drawback was the higher idle thrust output, which made landing even more difficult to bleed off speed.
Compliments with the work on Yr HS, looks like good craftmanship!
Again: the retracting doors(after the gear is down) of course mean less drag on final, drag that is much needed on this slick plane, but sure keeps damage away from at least these in bad landings.
Covering up these big holes will give lots of more max speed, I have been told. Some HS's have been crashed by literally blowing themselves apart because of airflow ramming into the fuse, plus others have reported the speedbrake coming UP during high speed flight as ramair was seeking its way out of the fuse.

Randy M,
My last bounce was exacly the same, after two bounces it just fell down vertical, tail first, from 5 feet. That noise of the fall made me sick, but damage was not too bad after all, bent legs, damaged tips (same, plus a buised ego...), trailing side of fuse cracked open. Good the twin rudders that stick out far behind the fuse protect the engine, otherwise damage would have been quite considerable to the engine!

RCpete347
I guess from a thrustline point of view, adding spacers under the backside will lower the thrustline, thus pushing the tail lower with power on, same as UP elevator. To a certain extent, it will always need some up trim, to get that S-type of profile, needed with flying wings. I might consider it trying too, but not all mods at he same time, just carefully one by one..
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