Author: "jr_sites" <jr_sites@...> Time: Thu Oct 17, 2002 9:04 am PDT Link
I was in Portland over the weekend, and made a trip to Vans to fly
the -9. I wanted to fly the -9A, but it was on it's way back from
Copperstate.
All I can say is the -9 is one amazing airplane. I was waivering
between the -7A and the -9A, but my choice (when I finally do get
around to building) will definitely be the -9A.
With about 230 pounds of Ken Scott in the left seat and 135 pounds of
me in the right seat, full fuel, 160 HP and a fixed pitch prop, we
were off the ground in something like 400 feet. The control forces
were definitely higher than the -6A's, but just as quick and
responsive. Slow flight in the airplane is just amazing. Ken put
the flaps down, pulled the throttle back to idle, and held the stick
full aft. The plane just sort of bobbed up and down, alternating
between a tame stall, nose drop, pitch up to tame stall, nose
drop......etc. He held the stick back through three or four of
these "bobbing" cycles, and the plane only lost about 200 feet.
Then, Ken put about put about 1800 RPM in and relaxed just a bit of
back pressure on the stick. Would you believe the darned thing
actually began to climb AND accelerate!? Climb was only about 50
fmp, and we were only gaining about 3 or 4 mph per minute, but it was
climbing and accelerating nonetheless. And the flaps were still
down. When the flaps were retracted, climb rate went up to about 150
fpm and acceleration went up to about 8 or 10 mph per minute. All at
only 1800 rpm!
Ken demonstrated slow flight with the airplane happily plowing along
at about 50 mph. Easy rudder turns at this speed make it seem like
the airplane is mounted on the point of a giant pin and is just
pivoting around it.
You'd really have to be a dumb pilot to get yourself in trouble in
this airplane!
Can't wait to get the finances all together and begin building!
Jeff
Author: "Clay R" <clayr_55@...> Time: Thu Oct 17, 2002 10:20 am PDT Link
Your ride at Van's sounds very similiar to mine. I also took a
flight with Ken and he had great fun demonstrating the "bobbing
stall."
I recommend the trip to anyone thinking about building or if you've
already started.
A complete account of my Van's tour with photos is on the web site.
http://webpages.charter.net/RV9A (click the Van's tour link on the
home page)
--Clay
--- In RV-9A@y..., "jr_sites" <jr_sites@y...> wrote:
> I was in Portland over the weekend, and made a trip to Vans to fly
> the -9. I wanted to fly the -9A, but it was on it's way back from
> Copperstate.
>
> All I can say is the -9 is one amazing airplane. I was waivering
> between the -7A and the -9A, but my choice (when I finally do get
> around to building) will definitely be the -9A.
Author: "jr_sites" <jr_sites@...> Time: Thu Oct 17, 2002 11:30 am PDT Link
Have already seen the story about your tour. Your site is one of
about three that I have had bookmarked for several months! :)
Jeff
--- In RV-9A@y..., "Clay R" <clayr_55@y...> wrote:
> Your ride at Van's sounds very similiar to mine. I also took a
> flight with Ken and he had great fun demonstrating the "bobbing
> stall."
>
> I recommend the trip to anyone thinking about building or if you've
> already started.
>
> A complete account of my Van's tour with photos is on the web site.
> http://webpages.charter.net/RV9A (click the Van's tour link on the
> home page)
>
> --Clay
> --- In RV-9A@y..., "jr_sites" <jr_sites@y...> wrote:
> > I was in Portland over the weekend, and made a trip to Vans to
fly
> > the -9. I wanted to fly the -9A, but it was on it's way back from
> > Copperstate.
> >
> > All I can say is the -9 is one amazing airplane. I was waivering
> > between the -7A and the -9A, but my choice (when I finally do get
> > around to building) will definitely be the -9A.
Author: "kenrv6" <kenrv6@...> Time: Thu Oct 17, 2002 12:51 pm PDT Link
-Glad you enjoyed the ride. One clarification...the stick wasn't
full back during the stalls, or the nose would have been much
higher. I use just enough aft stick to keep the nose about a spinner
width of the horizon and stall the wing. I've done that to loose a
1000'sitting there like a frozen squirrel... bumpty, bumpty bump.
Next time we'll try a "mag-check" take off...line up on the runway,
run the engine to 1700 rpm, check mags, and release brakes. It takes
quite a bit of ground roll, but it will take off and climb at mag-
check power.
Gotta love this airplane.
-- In RV-9A@y..., "jr_sites" <jr_sites@y...> wrote:
> I was in Portland over the weekend, and made a trip to Vans to fly
> the -9. I wanted to fly the -9A, but it was on it's way back from
> Copperstate.
>
> All I can say is the -9 is one amazing airplane. I was waivering
> between the -7A and the -9A, but my choice (when I finally do get
> around to building) will definitely be the -9A.
>
> With about 230 pounds of Ken Scott in the left seat and 135 pounds
of
> me in the right seat, full fuel, 160 HP and a fixed pitch prop, we
> were off the ground in something like 400 feet. The control forces
> were definitely higher than the -6A's, but just as quick and
> responsive. Slow flight in the airplane is just amazing. Ken put
> the flaps down, pulled the throttle back to idle, and held the
stick
> full aft. The plane just sort of bobbed up and down, alternating
> between a tame stall, nose drop, pitch up to tame stall, nose
> drop......etc. He held the stick back through three or four of
> these "bobbing" cycles, and the plane only lost about 200 feet.
>
> Then, Ken put about put about 1800 RPM in and relaxed just a bit of
> back pressure on the stick. Would you believe the darned thing
> actually began to climb AND accelerate!? Climb was only about 50
> fmp, and we were only gaining about 3 or 4 mph per minute, but it
was
> climbing and accelerating nonetheless. And the flaps were still
> down. When the flaps were retracted, climb rate went up to about
150
> fpm and acceleration went up to about 8 or 10 mph per minute. All
at
> only 1800 rpm!
>
> Ken demonstrated slow flight with the airplane happily plowing
along
> at about 50 mph. Easy rudder turns at this speed make it seem like
> the airplane is mounted on the point of a giant pin and is just
> pivoting around it.
>
> You'd really have to be a dumb pilot to get yourself in trouble in
> this airplane!
>
> Can't wait to get the finances all together and begin building!
>
> Jeff