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Re: Europa-List: Re: Flying In Rain

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: Flying In Rain
From: D McFadyean <amimcfadyean@talktalk.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 12:38:37

<<....the drag bubble ...>>
meaning beyond the bottom of hte J-curve? And does rain displace the position 
and
form of the J-curve?

Duncan mcf.
> On 23 October 2021 at 08:27 John Wighton <john@wighton.net> wrote:
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> Very clean and polished aircraft + rain =no difference
> Dirty aircraft + rain = flies a bit slower
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> Ricks post is interesting, l have never repainted a prop.  Current hrs is 600.
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> Europa is unlike a DA20 which, when powered by a Rotax, in the rain, will 
> decend
at full throttle under normal student type flying.  
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> Flown with more understanding, ie enter cruise from a gentle decent, getting
ahead of the drag bubble - the performance drop off is noticeable but not dire.
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> Based on my own experiences.
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> John Wighton
> Europa XS trigear G-IPOD
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> Read this topic online here:
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=503597#503597
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