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At 11:01 PM 7/2/2003 -0500, Sydney Cohen wrote: > I recently was asked a question that I can't really answer. Maybe you > can. A person I know says their Coupe always lifted off around 60 mph, > but then had the O-200 crankshaft, etc. put in, some minor wing damage > (nose ribs and leading edge skin) repaired, and some paint touch-up on > the fuselage, and now it doesn't lift off until 75 - 80 mph. >The person is now in Arizona at higher altitude (4000 ft instead of 1000 >ft). I gave some suggestions, but what do you think? They had a wing off. The left one? Then they disturbed ( or maybe repaired ) the pitot/static lines. Also, they might have nudged the pitot tube out of position. Altitude should make no difference...this is airspeed and although the ground speed is higher at higher density altitude, the airspeed indicator reads the same. (With sluggish acceleration.) Unless it's psychological, and they're looking at the airspeed with more trepidation. :-) Did they do a D-conversion at the same time, and limit the elevator travel? Greg ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/
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