Original Posted By: "Oscar Zuniga"
One thing about living in south Texas is that winter is usually only a few days long ;o) As a matter of fact, some of you will remember that I ferried 41CC back home in January and it was great. Of course a week later we had one of the hardest ice storms that I've ever experienced here (power was out in our neighborhood for several days), but soon after that it was flyable again. And I can really relate to the comments about being able to appreciate the countryside much better from a low, slow, and open cockpit... the smell of brush being burned, even barbeques from groups picnicking down below. And the farms, of course.Some very good flying is still coming up for me after the time changes this month. With an hour more daylight in the morning I can go to the airport before work and get in a flight in the still morning air every morning if I want to. Rarely is the deck so low that I can't at least fly the pattern. The smooth morning air will be the perfect time to do some careful analysis of the stall speed of this airplane, something I've wanted to get documented before experimenting with the Landshorter vortex generators. I have a set for the wings and a set for the underside of the horizontal stabilizer and will test with one and then both. And I may also try to put gap seals on the elevator/horizontal stabilizer gap but probably won't fool with the rudder gap. See, it's about economics: my elevator and horizontal stabilizer are both painted yellow and I have plenty of yellow paint to do the gap seals with, but the rudder is several colors. L-A-Z-Y....Oscar ZunigaNX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net_________________________________________________________________Gear up for Halo 3 with free downloads and an exclusive offer. http://gethalo3gear.com?ocid=SeptemberW ... __________