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planecrazydld(at)yahoo.co
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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:37 pm Post subject: flight attitude of XL??

Would anyone care to comment on the normal flight pitch attitude of a box-stock XL (Corvair powered)? My observations of in-flight and fly-by videos would suggest that they tend to operate with the nose high and the tail low in normal cruise. Does anyone know if this is actually the case or is it an illusion?

   

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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:09 am Post subject: flight attitude of XL??

it all depends which speed setting you have established in the pitch setting.  At full throttle, level flight, nose is level, at low 2000 rpm pitched for 65knts, nose is 5 to 10 high.

Juan



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planecrazydld(at)yahoo.co
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 9:01 am Post subject: flight attitude of XL??

Thanks for the reply Juan. Is full throttle level flight in the range of LSA limits?

   

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it all depends which speed setting you have established in the pitch setting. At full throttle, level flight, nose is level, at low 2000 rpm pitched for 65knts, nose is 5 to 10 high.

Juan



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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:57 pm Post subject: flight attitude of XL??

it depends on the pitch setting of the prop.  Full throttle with climb pitch will give high rpm at climb then go past 3300 at cruise with no increase in speed.  increase the bite, and at cruise the plane starts to accelarate giving you a different speed. maybe more than LSA in some.   what is imprtant is not the plane level, but the artificial horizon if you have one.  Just set the cruise for level flight pitch your speed and see where the nose sits out the window.   If artificial Horizon, pitch plane for level flight, waite a minute for plane to settle, then move horizon.  you are now level.



Juan



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