Flying Slow

[wgalligan]

Ed,

  My Aries flies real well at slow speeds.  It has about 1100 squares and a
rather large volume fuse.  Check with Lance on the specs.  When he flew his
at the Nats last year he was having engine problems and it was flying rather
slow.  So slow in fact that he was having problems pushing over on the top
of manuvers and it still handled the wind well an he still placed third.

Wayne

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Deaver <divesplat1 at msn.com>
To: discussion at nsrca.org <discussion at nsrca.org>
Date: Saturday, April 19, 2003 2:01 AM
Subject: Flying Slow


>So flying at 1/2 throttle will conserve fuel.  The Olympian I've flown the
>past several years was quite unsteady at slower air speeds.  The new Oly
>MEdal with cheek cowls handles the slow speed much better but on a windy
day
>still get buffetted terribly, which a little more throttle can help.
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>My question is what characteristics in a plane allow it to be more "stable"
>at slow speeds, allowing more throttle management?  CG, Wing/stab
thickness,
>wing area, etc.
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>Thanx in advance
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