#3 Wrong, GPS will give you ground speed not airspeed. Jim -----Original Message----- From: Larry Wilkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, December 19, 1999 12:22 AM Subject: Re: VARIOUS VEE SPEEDS
>I don't think this discussion had anything to do with Guestimated air speed. >It had to do with posted stall speed in the Coupe Flight manual. My manual >said 58 TIAS. According to him, his manual said 38? TIAS. I don't believe >it. Unless that is that it's written by him for his Coupe. But, is it FAA >approved. I DON'T THINK SO!! > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> IT WOULD APPEAR TO ME THAT ALL THIS TALK ABOUT VEE SPEEDS IS MEANINGLESS >> UNLESS AND UNTIL YOU EITHER: >> >> 1. HAVE YOUR AIR SPEED INDICATOR CERTIFIED >> OR >> 2. FLY ALONGSIDE SOMEONE WHO DOES HAVE A CERTIFIED SPEED >> OR >> 3. MAYBE CHECK IT OUT WITH A GPS >> >> OR WHATEVER, BUT I WOULD SERIOUSLY DOUBT IF IT IS A SAFE AND SANE PROCESS >> TO TAKE SOMEBODY ELSE'S NUMBERS AND APPLY THEM DIRECTLY TO YOUR PLANE >> WITHOUT DOING SOME VERY CAREFUL CHECKING. >> >> AS I REMEMBER FROM MY EARLY DAYS OF FLYING WHEN THE ERCOUPE WAS A LOT >> YOUNGER THAN I WAS, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF IT WAS BASED ON HOW THE SEAT OF >> THE PANTS FELT, IF THERE WERE THE BEGINNINGS OF A BUFFETTING, A SINKING >> FEELING ON SHORT FINAL, OR OTHER SIGNALS WHICH YOU BECAME ACCUSTOMED TO. >> >> I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN THE VEE SPEEDS CAME INTO VOGUE, AND MAYBE IT IS A >> MARK OF AGE, BUT IF IT MUSHES ON TAKEOFF, I ALWAYS LOWER THE NOSE AND GET >> SOME SPEED BEFORE TRYING TO CLIMB. >> >> AND I THINK A SEMI-HOT APPROACH SPEED IS BETTER THAN SLAMMING THE DARN >> THING INTO THE RUNWAY AND LOOKING FOR CRACKS IN THE SKIN DURING YOUR >> POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION. >> >> MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A SAFE FLIGHT! >> >> JOHN ALEXANDER >> MICHIGAN WANNABEE >
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