>> My heavy airplane was more responsive in pitch with the heavy load and with the CG, although within range, moved towards the rear. Just a gentle oscillation until the weight was reduced. The autopilot just couldn't find where to set the elevator. Scott Krueger Sky2high@aol.com II-P N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL (KARR) -------------------------------1063564398 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

In a message dated 9/14/2003 1:07:55 PM Central Daylight Time, marv@lan= caironline.net writes:

The essential question is this. Do we play con= servative by keeping the higher
margins, or are we comfortable with the=20= margins that the FAA has used for
eons? Are we confident that our wing i= s as strong as the Lancair test wing?

Ted,

Hey, It's experimental. Each makes his own choice.

<<<BTW, heavy airplanes are less responsive to control inputs.= Could that explain
the autopilot symptoms you report?>>>

My heavy airplane was more responsive in pitch with the heavy load and=20= with the CG, although within range, moved towards the rear. Just=20= a gentle oscillation until the weight was reduced. The autopilot just=20= couldn't find where to set the elevator.

Scott Krueger
Sky2high@aol.com
II-P N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL (KARR)

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