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The 235's can be even more unstable in this situation.

If you DO happen to find yourself with a plane that is beyond your 
comfort factor in pitch sensitivity, dropping even 5 degrees of flaps 
will help you maintain stability while you turn around and offload what 
you "accidentally" overloaded. 

Do not play with this sort of thing.  Remember, the Lancair has the 
"odd" handling characteristic on landing that as you slow to flare the 
pitch sensitivity increases and the nose wants to rise.  In this 
situation land with extra airspeed to assure adequate elevator authority.

Regards,

Bill Reister

Keith Smith wrote:
> Speaking with a few owners, most of them have operated in the 
> 1800-1900lb range, at least out of airports where runway length was 
> not a factor. 
>
> If I understand correctly, the published figure is 1685lbs. I'm 
> curious how that number was derived, and what I should be on the 
> lookout for when exceeding that weight.
>
> I know that when I took my first demo ride 2 weeks ago, we were around 
> 1750lbs, and climbing out at 1500fpm on what was pretty close to a 
> standard day.
>
> What maximum figure would you use for a 360?
>
>