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Tom,
Next time your flying, play with this a little. I
did.
(I weigh 250, and I'm guessing Tom might weigh 150 after a
steak dinner...)
At high speed cruise with the flaps fully up, the
airplane would seemingly cruise a touch nose high and I'd see about 4 extra
knots. Kind of squirrly there, but I was racing so I accepted it. Very little
force or feel to the pitch. Putting any baggage exacerbated the
problem.
Now, after you've played with the feel in that setting, take a
look at your elevator. Bring a small camera and take a photo of the elevator
position.
After that, blip your flaps down for about half a second.
Blip! on the flap button. Just get them to move down a degree, maybe two at
most. It really changes the airplane a lot. It will "lift" the tail up a bit
higher, and for me, took away most of the down elevator (lift the tail) required
for level, fast flight. Take a picture of the elevator position there so you can
reference it after the flight.
See of that does anything to the elevator position in cruise.
It did for me.
Scotty G
Warbird Digest Magazine
Images of Light and
Lift
WarbirdAeroPress.com
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