X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:48:08 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from elasmtp-curtail.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.64] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.15) with ESMTP id 3801886 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:17:09 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.64; envelope-from=leighton@teleport.com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=teleport.com; b=cw7kCPSpNRXD67wD14OmTg3P1Q62/0fYN/9LsX1FUtx1lskssVK8MzLoB6gzNBD6; h=Received:Message-ID:From:To:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [67.189.97.236] (helo=leighton495c8e) by elasmtp-curtail.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Mas9R-0005sM-EG for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:16:33 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <6A43D859033B4CFABCB42C69153A926B@leighton495c8e> From: "Leighton Mangels" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mail list" Subject: P-factor takeoff X-Original-Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:16:26 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0038_01CA1A53.A3C67320" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-ELNK-Trace: ea0fe3d44b30ba0fc355332e9c4b49d599594df05feb3df1499e8628a3c3dcaa4d62f207ce86b66c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 67.189.97.236 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01CA1A53.A3C67320 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Back in '02 Don Goetz was checking out the Legacy we'd just finished and = showed us a neat trick to overcome the inevitable left turn tendancy at = power application. He went slightly to the left of the centerline and = pointed the plane about 30 degrees to the right. With rapid power = application (Don tends to do everything full power) and a lot or right = rudder the plane swung to the left and by the time the rudder became = effective the plane was on centerline and tracking straight. Pretty = cool. Slow power application is another approach if the runway is long = enough but on shorter runways getting power in early can shorten takeoff = distance. Something to consider. =20 Leighton Mangels ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01CA1A53.A3C67320 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Back in '02 Don Goetz was checking out = the Legacy=20 we'd just finished and showed us a neat trick to overcome the inevitable = left=20 turn tendancy at power application. He went slightly to the left = of the=20 centerline and pointed the plane about 30 degrees to the right. = With rapid=20 power application (Don tends to do everything full power) and a lot or = right=20 rudder the plane swung to the left and by the time the rudder became = effective=20 the plane was on centerline and tracking straight. Pretty = cool. Slow=20 power application is another approach if the runway is long enough but = on=20 shorter runways getting power in early can shorten takeoff = distance. =20 Something to consider.

Leighton = Mangels

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