Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 00:35:48 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mpls-qmqp-01.inet.qwest.net ([63.231.195.112] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0) with SMTP id 1854121 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 06 Nov 2002 00:17:33 -0500 Received: (qmail 98458 invoked by uid 0); 6 Nov 2002 05:17:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (63.231.195.5) by mpls-qmqp-01.inet.qwest.net with QMQP; 6 Nov 2002 05:17:24 -0000 Received: from spkndslgw3poola126.spkn.uswest.net (HELO ckrouse) (63.227.96.126) by mpls-pop-05.inet.qwest.net with SMTP; 6 Nov 2002 05:17:33 -0000 X-Original-Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 21:13:50 -0800 X-Original-Message-ID: <00e101c28553$4b4b48c0$07d2fea9@ckrouse> From: "kc16" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: Re: [LML] Legacy Horiz Stab Angle Of Incidence MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Am I missing something in my brain? I thought that the angle of incidence was set by the airframe being level with the waterline. In my mind that has nothing to do with the center of gravity and the size of the engine, but rather the front to back leveling of the aircraft. I'm not building a legacy..I'm building a 320, but I don't believe that there would be any difference. Am I wrong? Curtis Krouse > > What I mean by how well has it worked out is, for example, if you're flying > a Legacy with an IO-550, with the c. g. in the middle of the c. g. envelope, > does your elevator ride perfectly in trail of the stabilizer? If not about > how much is it off and in which direction? The optimal angle of incidence > is going to be a function of engine selection and I'd expect the more > negative end of the range is best for the IO-550 vs. the lighter IO-360 > engine option... > > Thanks, > > Valin Thorn > Legacy 173