At 11:40 AM 3/19/02, you wrote:
>Joe Parsons wrote:
> >
> > At 10:48 AM 3/19/02, you wrote:
> > >Tom Broeski wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I would liken the skids and skegs to having brakes on a plane. Not
> having
> > > > them would favor the lighter planes designed specifically for landing
> > > rather
> > > > than soaring. Also, the full scale planes don't have flaps that
> hit the
> > > > ground when they land.
> > >
> > >Full scale flaps don't go down 90 degrees :)
> >
> > They did on my Schweitzer 1-35. :)
>
>Never flow that one. 40 degrees was the max I saw.
The 1-35 uses flaps instead of spoilers for descent control. Takes a bit
of getting used to--the pitch change with full flaps is pretty severe.
Joe Parsons
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>Andrew E. Mileski
>Ottawa, Canada
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