X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 07:51:51 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail-pa0-f41.google.com ([209.85.220.41] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.5) with ESMTPS id 6416949 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 21:25:18 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.220.41; envelope-from=pjdmiller@gmail.com Received: by mail-pa0-f41.google.com with SMTP id bj1so316778pad.28 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 18:24:42 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.66.253.4 with SMTP id zw4mr7247352pac.119.1376443481842; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 18:24:41 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [192.168.1.143] (S010620aa4b008706.cg.shawcable.net. [174.0.112.194]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id sz3sm46851483pbc.5.2013.08.13.18.24.39 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 13 Aug 2013 18:24:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul Miller Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_8F9D6E53-0E53-43B7-8A51-2202A9C0A569" X-Original-Message-Id: <72BCC9FC-167E-4AFC-BC62-D1FE829FC098@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.5 \(1508\)) Subject: Re: [LML] Wing Cuffs for the Legacy X-Original-Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 19:24:38 -0600 References: X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1508) --Apple-Mail=_8F9D6E53-0E53-43B7-8A51-2202A9C0A569 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Stan: I'm not feeling the need for cuffs. Proper training, AOA, stay = with the HPAT guidelines on speeds and that will be worth 100x cuffs. = Don't sweat the options. On 2013-08-13, at 1:49 PM, Stan Fields wrote: > I am still building my Legacy but the wings are finished and in = primer. Now Lancair has introduced a new product to add cuff airfoils = to the outboard section of the wings. = http://www.lancair.com/index.php/latest-news/335-legacy-cuffs > =20 > This "upgrade" addresses several of the Legacy's short comings voiced = on LML: better roll control, reduced stall speed and enhanced stall = warning buffet, all without effecting the top speed. New Legacy kits = will include the Cuffs at no extra charge but as an upgrade the cuffs = cost $1495. > =20 > Has anyone flown a cuffed wing aircraft? How may Legacy drivers would = spring for the Cuff Upgrade to improve their Legacy's slow speed = performance? If new Legacy kits come with the cuffs shouldn't I buy the = upgrade just to prevent my Legacy from being a "classic" before it's = ever built? > =20 > Stan Fields > Legacy Kit 201 > Austin > =20 --Apple-Mail=_8F9D6E53-0E53-43B7-8A51-2202A9C0A569 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Stan: = I'm not feeling the need for cuffs.  Proper training, AOA, stay = with the HPAT guidelines on speeds and that will be worth 100x cuffs. =  Don't sweat the options.
On 2013-08-13, at 1:49 PM, = Stan Fields <sdfields68@att.net> = wrote:

I am still building my Legacy but the wings are = finished and in primer.  Now Lancair has introduced a new product = to add cuff airfoils to the outboard section of the wings.