Well over the weekend I finally took a passenger up. (to date I had only had 40kg extra in the aircraft as that is all I could safely secure)
The extra weight, 65kg, affected my climb and acceleration significantly. Normally I go full power and the tail is off the ground, 2 up I have about 20 meters ground roll before the tail comes up (the positioning of my mains probably affects this, they are well forward). Normally off the ground in less than 80 meters, 2 up is about 120 meters. Once off the ground and in ground affect acceleration is much slower (still playing with this as I think I may be too high to really be in ground affect) Climb is about 400ft/min at 90kts, stall was not to much different, about 43kts and cruise was down 5kts to 110kts. The landing was a different story, I sank right through my round out and experienced nearly no ground effect and touched down firmly, next landing I carried a bit more speed, extra 5kts, and made a perfect landing. All in all I am happy but expected a better climb rate. But still have to add wheel spats and clean up where the old retract holes are. regards Barry Kruyssen Cairns, Australia RAA 19-3873 [email protected] http://www.users.bigpond.com/kr2/kr2.htm
