INCIDENCE settings

[Ron Van Putte]

On Sep 30, 2005, at 3:36 PM, randy10926 at comcast.net wrote:

> I remember wheel landing in cubs, champs, chiefs, stinstons, L-4s, 
> L-5s, L-19s, Wacos and etc.  God I must be getting really old.  Ah a 
> flight in a T-34 would be fun; again.

Ah, yes.  My last two rides in airplanes, other than what Delta and 
Northwest fly, were in an RV-6 (two months ago) and in a Christen Eagle 
(five years ago).

Sorry for the off-topic post, I couldn't resist.

Ron Van Putte

>> -------------- Original message --------------
>> Lets not forget the B52 looks like it is nose down on takeoff.
>>  
>> WG
>>  
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Ron Van Putte
>>> To: Bob Richards
>>> Cc: discussion at nsrca.org
>>> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 12:45 PM
>>> Subject: Re: INCIDENCE settings
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 30, 2005, at 12:39 PM, Bob Richards wrote:
>>>
>>>> That is a pet peeve of mine as well.
>>>>  
>>>> Remember the Hobie Hawk glider? It flew nose down -- WAY down. It 
>>>> was designed that way. It was not a balance issue at all.
>>>
>>> I do remember the Hobie Hawk and how it flew.
>>>
>>> A J-3 Cub on a proper final approach looks nose-down as well, but 
>>> many pilots won't let it come in that way. As a result, they'll 
>>> never enjoy a wheel landing on a Cub.
>>>
>>> Ron Van Putte
>>>
>>>> Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net> wrote:
>>>>> This discussion also tapped into one of my pet peeves: Guy sees an
>>>>> airplane flying around with the tail low and announces, "That 
>>>>> airplane
>>>>> is tail heavy". Probably wrong. The incidence relationship between
>>>>> the wing and the horizontal tail is probably incorrect. The CG has 
>>>>> an
>>>>> effect, but the condition is usually caused by a bad trim setup. 
>>>>> Now I
>>>>> feel better.
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