prophecy ?

Anthony Romano anthonyr105 at hotmail.com
Wed Feb 18 08:31:47 AKST 2004


If you take of and find the plane very off in elevator trim, then don't 
retrim, pull down your spoilers.


>From: "Anthony Romano" <anthonyr105 at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
>To: discussion at nsrca.org
>Subject: Re: prophecy ?
>Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 12:20:07 -0500
>
>What I found very helpful was spoilerons set to a switch for landing. On my 
>Prophecy I think I had both ailerons come up about 5 degrees but had it 
>adjustable on a knob. Higher deflections require a down elevator mix. Try 
>these up high before you start shooting lots of approaches. Sequels, 
>Prophecy's, etc. were so clean a slow nose high approach with a good very 
>low idle was a necessity for landing.
>
>Anthony
>
>
>>From: "John Ferrell" <johnferrell at earthlink.net>
>>Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
>>To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>>Subject: Re: prophecy ?
>>Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 11:57:43 -0500
>>
>>I was unaware of the 160 engine. It will probably be necessary to shut 
>>down
>>the engine to land. A fixed gear Prophecy does well on a standard YS120.
>>Retracts seem to raise the power requirements somewhat.
>>John Ferrell
>>http://DixieNC.US
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "jim ivey" <jivey61 at msn.com>
>>To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>>Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:55 PM
>>Subject: re: prophecy ?
>>
>>
>> > Tim
>> > All the posts I have seen about your Prophecy are correct. 3/8 throw is
>>more
>> > than enough all the way around. My concern would be that you will have 
>>a
>> > bullet on your hands with the power of the 160. Not trying to scare you
>>but
>> > I would not fly it over 1/2 throttle, maybe 7000 rpm. The plane grooves
>>like
>> > no other sport plane you will ever have and can really scoot at full
>> > throttle. I have had 2 prophecys and I powered the first one with a YS
>>140FZ
>> > which was more than enough power.
>> > Plan on cruising around easy at first to get used to it and you won't 
>>have
>> > any problem with the plane. Just go easy on the power.
>> >
>> > jim Ivey
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > jivey61 at msn.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > >From: Tim Wortkoetter <twortkoetter at yahoo.com>
>> > >Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
>> > >To: nsrca <discussion at nsrca.org>
>> > >Subject: re: prophecy ?
>> > >Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 18:38:31 -0800 (PST)
>> > >
>> > >John,
>> > >
>> > >I just set up the control throws and the elevator
>> > >doesn't look like 3/8" isn't very much.  I have never
>> > >flown anything like this before so I just want to make
>> > >sure that it is enough.  I usually have more throw on
>> > >my extra and sport planes.  Still in the learning
>> > >curve and if there is anything I should know about my
>> > >first time flying a 2m please let me know.  Thanks in
>> > >advance.
>> > >
>> > >Tim Wortkoetter
>> > >
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