Right on, climbrate is a function of excess thrust amd the belly borad
does a goog job on reducing this and thus the climb rate.
Jim
On Sun, 1 May 2005 09:09:57 -0400 "Orma" <o...@aviation-mechanics.com>
writes:
> I'm sure that every KRnet reader is glad that you are here telling
> the story
> as a lesson learned. The only point that I will make is that, a lot
> of
> builders are installing belly boards or speed brakes and the
> motivation is
> that they want to slow down. Flaps provide drag, will rotate the
> nose over
> for better visibility, but also provide lift. When my flaps are
> accidentally forgotten while doing hasty pattern work, the result is
> that I
> climb steeper at a slower speed. Whereas a forgotten speed brake
> only
> provides drag.
>
> Orma
> Southfield, MI
> N110LR Tweety, old enough to drink this year
> Flying and more flying, to the gathering or bust
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>
>
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