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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 20:32:06 -0800
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From: Mark Davis <mdavis@adnc.com>
Subject: Legacy Speedbrakes
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As an update to my previous post on the status of speedbrakes for the
Legacy I'll pass along the following quote from an E-mail I recently
received from Chuck Parker at Precise Flight:

"I did some checking for you and can at least get you some information as to
what is going on.  The speedbrakes were available through Lancair for a
period of time.  Lancair/Kit Components determined that a design change was
necessary to reduce the effectiveness of the speedbrakes (they worked too
well).  The design change has been performed by Precise Flight and we are
ready to have Lancair flight test the new design.  Unfortunately, the test
bed aircraft has been down for extended maintenance and the flight test has
not been performed.   The issue of the longer wiring harness was resolved 3
to 4 months ago."

It is interesting to note that Rick S. sent me a note indicating that he
has installed the LIVP brakes in his Legacy and that they work great
although they did require some modifications to the cables.

On another subject, I was interested to see the post by Mike Sawicki and
his photos on the website of the my Legacy in its "rotisserie" at the shop
at Gillespie in San Diego.  This rotisserie was manufactured by Don Dunbar
who works for the Lancair factory and I used it to trailer the plane back
to San Diego with the center section and horizontal stab. bonded in place -
worked great.  I can attest to the fact that it is extremely easy to flip
the plane (can almost do it myself with considerable effort but with 2
people it's a snap) with both of these horizontal elements in place and has
made the body work on the bottoms of the fuselage and both of these
surfaces MUCH easier.  It is a relatively simple vertical stand that uses a
cable ratchet system to raise and lower a jig attached to the engine mount
bolt holes.  The tail stand is a simple cradle arrangement.  Both stands
are well illustrated in Mike's photos on the web site.  While getting one
from Don at the factory may not be reasonable for those who already have
the plane, a similar arrangement may well be worth the local
effort/expense.  The rotisserie means that there is never a second thought
about flipping the plane when that's the best postion for it.

Mark Davis
Legacy #162


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