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Brings up a thought or two from me also. I am right at that point where I am ready to grind on the aft section of my Legacy, and I will be hanging a Mazda 20b rotary that I am working on now, on the front. I will be capable of up to 450+ hp with the turbo setup I am working on, and so anticipate speeds up near the envelope, where ever that is. Is there a way I can do this reinforcing now? Should I? If so, how? Also, do the speed mods really help that much? I am standing here with glass and epoxy in hand awaiting input.....(:-)
Thanks;
Greg Ward
Legacy #178, in process
----- Original Message ----- From: "Farnsworth" <farnsworth@charter.net>
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 11:46 AM
Subject: [LML] Re: Fast Lancair
"Remember that if you bought a carbon Legacy kit and intended to race it
at Reno, Lancair
applied extra carbon in the tail cone and vertical stablizer area for
strength and
stiffness."
The above statement in interesting. My Super Legacy was the first to have
the area from the windows to 3/4 the way up the vertical stabilizer
reinforced with 4 layers of additional carbon fiber. Darryl Greeamyer's
Legacy was the second.
My understanding is that, for an additional cost, a person can now order
this reinforcement incorporated in the kit when it is produced in the
Philippines.
I thought that with the higher speeds that were being flown at Reno that it
might be prudent to strengthen that area of the fuselage. I expressed my
concern to Andy Chiavetta. He, in turn, ask Greg Cole and Greg was greatly
if favor of the idea. Darryl, at first, resisted the idea, then decided to
do it too.
My highest indicated air speed, to date, is 340 knots. Greg says we are good
to .6 mach.
I don't think that any of the standard Legacys that race at Reno have this
modification.
Lynn Farnsworth
Super Legacy #235
TSIO-550 Powered
Race #44
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