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Re: Europa-List: Takeoff technique and runway minima (trigear)

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Takeoff technique and runway minima (trigear)
From: david park <dpark748@icloud.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 08:54:16

>From Sleap i use 20deg less drag in case of engine failure. Maybe better glide
choice of landing area???
Dave

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> On 31 Jul 2015, at 17:53, Rick Moss <Rkwmoss@gmail.com> wrote:
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> It was recently suggested to me to try taking off with full flap; figuring 
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the mono guys do this all the time, I gave it a go (having previously always
used around half flap). It seemed to lift the nose very much earlier and lift
off of it's own volition quite readily, whereas with half flap a pretty firm
aft input is required to rotate and lift off around 50kts.
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> What do you chaps tend to do? 
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> XS Trigear 912S CS prop, normally flown from grass around MTOW.
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> Read this topic online here:
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=445452#445452
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