On 2010-08-21 11:45 AM, Harry L. Francis wrote:
One point I wouild add is that Fred designed am *_almost foolproof
system to prevent balooning....that is , when the nose strut is fully
conpressed, and the static tail height is correct, the wings are now
at a no lift angle of attack, having no more lift ( of very little
lift), preventing balooning._*
All,
Yesterday I had occasion to listen to an interview I taped with Fred
Weick in 1991 just after I had been asked to take over as editor of
Coupe Capers.
In that interview, Fred described the on-the-ground angle of attack NOT
as zero or negative angle of attack. Instead, he described it as
similar to the angle of attack when the airplane is in cruising flight.
Thus, he said, you would have to be going at a quite fast speed to
balloon up without having yanked on the yoke while on the ground.
I don't have time to transcribe that segment right now. Gotta go, soon.
Ed
