[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harry) wrote: > I do wonder, tho, with a E split tail if one could get enough prop wash over > the elevators to equal the short field take off of a straight elevator > type...just from total area.......might be offset by the increase in travel > as it is in landing and climbing....If both had excess static tail height.....
I think that the specific design of the split elevator is that the slipstream does NOT have significant effect upon the elevator's down-push. The nine hours I flew in an E model I found this to be the case. I'd guess that, an overly high C, CD or D tail would handle short take-offs better than would a later model with the split tail. The max power slipstream would help the elevator push down the tail. Landings wouldn't change much. I think the critical info is now clear about the aileron free play -- 7/16 inch if you have balance weights and 5/16 inch if you do not -- and why it's so important. Thanks for typing in the AD text in your message, Harry. -- Ed Burkhead Peoria, Ill. Ercoupe N3802H, 415-D __________________________________________________________________________ ______ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________ Enlighten your in-box. http://www.topica.com/t/15
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