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Thread: Feedback Needed - Homebuilt Aircraft Cruise Speeds

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    Quote Originally Posted by rwanttaja View Post
    Note this graphic from an upcoming KITPLANES article...it's tough to decide which parameter to compare.
    By the way, there's an official "attaboy" and acknowledgement of your he-man skills (whoops, "gender-person" skills) in aircraft identification if you know what type of airplane I used on that diagram.

    To make things a bit easier, here's a three-view:



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    Looks like a tricycle gear Druine “Turbulent” with squared off tips ... but one can do anything in the E-AB category

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    I’ll check the Cal Parker archives and post my best guess....

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    A couple of hints:

    1. It's the younger, smaller, less-popular step-brother of a common homebuilt.
    2. All metal
    3. If you've seen four of them, you've seen them all.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Berson View Post
    The winnah!

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    I learned something new

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Blum View Post
    I learned something new
    As for how *I* found out about the Bantam, go into the SPORT AVIATION archives and see page 82 of the April 2007 issue.

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    Cool story

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    Ron is making me think again!

    Looking at the graphic, it strikes me kind of funny that folks stall on takeoff, and though I know of one fatal wreck that happened that way (test flight #1 in a Nieuport 11 replica), I am trying to figure it out.

    Best I can reckon is that apart from test phase fun with engines, it's short fields doing the pilot no favors as he goes for too much max climb to clear obstacles that has to be to blame.

    Any enlightenment?
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