Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #17046
From: J H Webb <airmale@bright.net>
Sender: Marvin Kaye <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Stalls; wing drop
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 21:18:51 -0500
To: <lml>
HI

   I saw your posting on the LML and thought you would be interested in
what I found that was causing the wing drop in my L IV.  I used my
digital level and measured the relative angle of incidence of both winds
and discovered that the angle of incidence was over 2 degrees different
between the left and right wing.

   By adjusting the Angle of incidence the airplane stalls beautifully
straight ahead with no wing drop.  I was able to get the difference
between the wings to less than 0.5 degrees.  This has the additional
advantage of potentially increasing your cruise speed because of the
balanced loading of the two wings at cruise.

   I have no stall strips (Flow strips as some Aero engineers call
them).

Jack Webb
L 360, L IV
ATP, CFI A&I Mulit&sea
AeroSpace Engineer
Engineering Test Pilot


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