Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 12:11:25 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-m22.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.3] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2) with ESMTP id 354737 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 06 Aug 2004 12:01:37 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.137.3; envelope-from=Sky2high@aol.com Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-m22.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.4.) id q.9b.4b4bc299 (4320) for ; Fri, 6 Aug 2004 12:01:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <9b.4b4bc299.2e45053e@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 12:01:02 EDT Subject: Re: [LML] Legacy glide ratio X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1091808062" X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5000 -------------------------------1091808062 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/6/2004 10:48:17 AM Central Standard Time, nulrich@technq.com writes: Scott, are you sure about the 22:1 glide ratio in coarse pitch? I know the 320 is light and aerodynamically efficient, but that's an amazing number. The CAFE report on the Legacy got the best result at 135 KIAS (145 KTAS), steep pitch, 1100 fpm descent, 13.3:1. Maybe your engine is still giving a little thrust in coarse pitch, it wouldn't take much. Can you go up and kill your engine and retest? Just kidding Nathan, Hey, I just observed the descent rate in feet per minute. one of these times I am going to take our wing out of reflex and see what the difference. Hah, hah, Legacy's can't do that. Interesting that the CAFE measured the Legacy they tested at a best glide of 135 Kts, substantially greater than my 107. Don't you just love our high performance airplanes - not at all like those STC slugs. I am sure that someone out there in 320/360 land would be happy to shut down the engine and report - someone skilled in military aerobatics - someone with a beefed up tail that keeps winning x-cntry races? Scott Krueger AKA Grayhawk Sky2high@aol.com II-P N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL (KARR) LML, where ideas collide and you decide! -------------------------------1091808062 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

In a message dated 8/6/2004 10:48:17 AM Central Standard Time,=20 nulrich@technq.com writes:

<= FONT=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size= =3D2>Scott,=20 are you sure about the 22:1 glide ratio in coarse pitch? I know the
320= is=20 light and aerodynamically efficient, but that's an amazing number.
The=20= CAFE=20 report on the Legacy got the best result at 135 KIAS (145 KTAS),
steep=20 pitch, 1100 fpm descent, 13.3:1. Maybe your engine is still giving a
li= ttle=20 thrust in coarse pitch, it wouldn't take much. Can you go up and kill
y= our=20 engine and retest? Just kidding

Nathan,

Hey, I just observed the descent rate in feet per minute.

one of these times I am going to take our wing out of reflex and see wh= at=20 the difference. Hah, hah, Legacy's can't do that.

Interesting that the CAFE measured the Legacy they tested at=20= a=20 best glide of 135 Kts, substantially greater than my 107. Don't y= ou=20 just love our high performance airplanes - not at all like those STC=20 slugs.

I am sure that someone out there in 320/360 land would be happy to shut= =20 down the engine and report - someone skilled in military aerobatics - someon= e=20 with a beefed up tail that keeps winning x-cntry races?

Scott Krueger=20 AKA Grayhawk
Sky2high@aol.com
II-P N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL=20 (KARR)

LML, where ideas collide and you=20 decide!

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