Hi Laurie. Great to hear from you. I hope all good over there. Our performance duplicates yours and Michael’s Re RPM. I use a VDO electronic type taco with a pickup screwed into the bottom vent hole of the Mag. It is easy to calibrate with a transformer inductivlycoupled 50hz is 3000RPM. Exactly. The EFIS. Michael mentioned looks real nice. I checked their web site. MGL gear also is real nice.. have just installed one of their 4 channel CHT units. It adds some colour . Have almost finished the 500h on GCB. All going well will be flying this weekend. Then all on with VH-GNW. No time to get bored Best regards Ian W
Sent from my iPhone > On 7/11/2019, at 9:30 AM, Laurie Hoffman via dog <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi All, > My understanding and experience aligns with Michael's. > Having flown our Dimona over most of Australia on long touring trips (some > thousands of kms) well and truly at max weight and often in high density > altitudes, there has been ample opportunity to experiment with flying > attitudes. > > I learned that actually increasing IAS and accepting a lower climb rate > initially after changing to course pitch, leads to a better climb rate and/or > cruise speed. > > I compare this with getting a power boat up 'on the plane' on water. Once the > boat's 'attitude' is right, there is much less form drag with noticeable > acceleration increase and I'd argue similarly with our Dimonas. > > If you stand in front of the H36 and check out its frontal profile in three > point attitude there is a huge wetted area with the U/C bow, spats, and > underwing and fuse belly area presented to any airflow. Approaching level > flight this drag rapidly reduces as the nose lowers and shields much of the > above wetted areas. > > Thanks to the wonderful Dimona difference between the thrust line and the > fuse centre line (stand to the side of your aircraft sometime if you haven't > noticed this and check it out) in faster flight the nose lowers and provides > further sheilding and instead offers the more streamlined canopy and upper > fuse surface to the airflow. > > Though the low nose attitude even when climbing made possible by the above, > is a little unerving when first converting, the greatly enhanced visibility > is invaluable for assisting safe seperation. Yet another reason why I prefer > the H36 over all other TMGs. > Laurie > > > > Sent from Yahoo7 Mail on Android
