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Skip,
I don't think Lynn nor I have
advocated in any way that any pilot fly in any manor. I merely stated that I, on
occasion, push my Lancair past Vne and Lynn had stated that he pushes
his Lancair past Vne. Neither one of us has recommended anyone else to do
this.
Since my admission I have been
insulted, berated, talked down to and pretty much left for dead. Lynn chimes in
and he's treated in the same manor.
I personally feel safe in my
judgment, I've been flying a long time and well versed with this model Lancair.
Lynn, as well, is very experienced with his Lancair and his judgments.
Why all the
hate?? These are our choices, we feel safe, how did this become
everyone else's condemnation?
Neither Lynn nor I have asked
anyone here to fly with us, we haven't offered to train anyone to exceed Vne, we
haven't promoted doing anything......
This is a forum about
Lancair's, geared to a Lancair community. We are not all gray, we are all
individuals, we all make our own choices. Not to judged.
In all the years I've been on
this forum I have never seen so much disrespect towards fellow Lancair
builders / pilots. All from sharing information.
We were just discussing
Lancair's in a Lancair forum.
I hope I speak for Lynn, and
others that have defended our free choice, to enjoy our Lancair's as
we see fit.
I know everyone here on the
LML wishes everyone safe flying.
Randy
Stuart
LNC-2
I need to go
fly!!!
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 11:01
PM
Subject: [LML] Re: Vne is NOT a
meaningless number
Lynn,
My only objection
here is the cavalier disregard for limitations. Your plane is an
exception in that it was specifically modified to race, as was Greenameyer's
and the IV that Lancair raced in the early Sport Class races in Reno (at
least the engine was). Your mods make your plane safe to fly at those
speeds and you have established a higher Vne that you respect.
That's the smart way to do it. The vast majority of the Lancairs
flying don't have the airframe mods you have and their pilots, if they
choose to fly past redline IAS, have nothing upon which to base their own
limiting airspeed. I hope you're not suggesting that they're all as safe
to fly as fast as you do.
If our entire community decides that
limitations are just guidelines which can be ignored, we deserve all the bad
press we've been getting. If you ignore Vne, why not ignore an RMP
limit, G limit or any other limitation you find too restrictive? It's an
attitude we shouldn't be fostering, particularly in a public forum
such as the LML.
If Joe B. thinks Lancair Vne's are too
low, why doesn't he raise them? If the factory endorses the raising of
limits based upon their own research and flight testing, I have no problem
with that. However if you, Randy or any
other Lancair drivers right up to Joe instead advocate the disregard of
the current published limitations, I personally think that's an unwise
choice. I've been a professional pilot since I left college
and I wasn't trained to think that way and strongly discourage the
practice.
Why don't we just leave it at
that.
Regards,
Skip
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