Barry,

 

Great suggestions for the VFR arrival at OSH.  It actually triggered another that I haven't thought about for a while since I have flown in with the Cup racers over the last few years.  Lancair pilots don't normally fly much straight-and-level at 135 KIAS.  Normal flights are either at high cruise speeds or 100-110 Knots in the pattern setting up for the landing.  One thing to do before getting to OSH is to go out and practice some slow flight to get a feeling for the mushiness in that regime.   Another is to go fly level at 135 KIAS for a while and get the numbers down - MAP, RPM, etc.  If you are flying a 320/360, you might want to conduct that practice with the flaps taken out of reflex in order to bring the nose down.

 

I fly instrument approaches at 110-120 Knots, so I know what those numbers look like and how the plane feels.  If I was going to fly to OSH this year, I would go out today and spend some quality time at 135 Knots.  I might start out at about 20" MAP, 2400 RPM, flaps ticked down a bit to see if that works.  It is not wise to fool Mother Nature or experiment with flight parameters whilst on the VFR approach at OSH.