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				 Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:46 pm    Post subject: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea? | 
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				Yes do hi speed taxi tests
 and if you have the room do some hops of increasing height and duration. if 
 you can get out of ground effect you will be testing the handeling
 both yours and the aircrafts. while  taking off and landing. make sure it 
 isn't dropping a wing or over sensitive or too heavy on the controls.
 if any of these are felt fix before flight propper. You don't want any nasty 
 surprises.
 thanks
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				 Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:54 pm    Post subject: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea? | 
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				Re high speed it won't fly at 25 MPH
 aim for 45 Knots rotate establish flight don't climb under 45 knots
 work on 55knots min over the fence landing. speed washes off quickly!
 while testing speed is you friend
 you can play with min speeds later keep you and your aircraft straight.
 While testing at height power off stall establish your stall speed (mushing 
 at 700 ft/min is a stall)
 
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				 Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:25 pm    Post subject: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea? | 
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				are you doing your taxi test on the 2 main wheels or all 3 (tricycle gear) 
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				 Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:34 pm    Post subject: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea? | 
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				Here's my feeling on high speed taxi and a lot of crow hops.
  I've made the first flight on 6-7 planes and plan to continue my M.O.
 A good landing is the result of a good approach. Crow hops IMHO are about 
 the furthest from a stable approach as you can get.
 My method after medium (relative to the airplane) taxi to determine braking 
 / steering is to make a full power takeoff, once clear of the ground I lower 
 the nose and test all three axis quickly before continuing climb, climb to 
 altitude over the airport and conduct slow flight and a stall so you know 
 what to expect on landing.  The 701 is different from any other first flight 
 I've done, I was aware of the steep power off attitude so was prepared to 
 REALLY lower the nose if the engine gagged,  with a little power it was 
 little different from my Pacer at idle.
 Lots of folks use the fast taxi/ crow hop scenario, I think it's an accident 
 waiting to happen.
 
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				 Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 3:02 am    Post subject: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea? | 
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				You can go down the runway and lift your nose off the ground without taking  off, but if all your wheels come off the ground JUST FLY and don't try to put it  back on the runway.
   
  Bob Spudis
   
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 I've just completed my 'low-speed'    taxi tests and anticipate fixing my squawks quickly.  Now - the next    question:  should I do high-speed taxi tests as recommended from the FAA,    or just go right to the first flight?  Of course, talking about this    airplane, 'high speed' may mean 20-25 mph!
 
 I would like to hear about    any experiences of high-speed taxi tests from any other    members.
 
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				 Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 4:41 am    Post subject: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea? | 
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				I agree 100%---
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		bobkat
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 5:59 am    Post subject: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea? | 
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				The bottom line is that its not advisable to do much in the way of crow hops 
 and high speed taxis.    I've heard on many websites that there are a lot of 
 airplanes wrecked doing the high speed taxi/crow hop thing.
 Yes, SPEED is your friend!  Forget about the stall speed 28mph nonsense! 
 (Sure, but with the nose pointing upwards under power like an ICBM!)   Fly 
 it like a 150 with lots of added drag till you are used to it!    John has 
 some great advice here.  There's an excellent discourse on first flight by 
 the fellow from Australia on his website.  The VG fellow.  Can't recall it 
 right now, but someone else might.  Great advice there, too.   As John B 
 said - flies like a pacer IF you leave a little power on!    Without a bit 
 of power until you get used to it, it has the glide path of a falling brick!
 Keep a little power on right down to the ground till you get used to landing 
 it.  Don't get too slow and flare tool high like I did  on the first flight 
 unless you enjoy feeling the 'clunk' of a hard landing and risk of gear 
 damage!     I wish I'd have known about this web site and the great advice 
 here before my first flight!
 After 100+ hours in my plane I still prefer to carry a bit of power right to 
 the ground!    There's lots of drag and it'll develop a really high rate of 
 descent if you let it.  Flare too high and too slow and it'll bite you! 
 It's an easy and absolutely fun plane to fly but there IS a bit of an 
 important learning curve on landing!  Keep a bit of power on and be ready to 
 add a bit more.  Power and adequate landing speed is your friend!   A good 
 landing is the product of a good approach.
 
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 From: "fritz" <klondike(at)megalink.net>
 Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 7:33 AM
 To: <zenith701801-list(at)matronics.com>
 Subject: Re: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea?
 
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  I agree 100%---
  Fritz   do not archive
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		bobkat
 
 
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				 Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 7:39 am    Post subject: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea? | 
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				This is the website. JG in Australia.   Good advice on this website about 
 flying, landing, testing, etc.  In a separate e-mail he told me to carry 
 around 3000 RPM right to the ground with the Rotax 912 and stock airplane. 
 Still amazes me how fast it comes down and what nice landings it makes even 
 at 3000 RPM.    Plenty of time to land much slower once you get the feel of 
 it.
 The fellow from California at the 701 STOL Seminar at Oshkosh in 09 said it 
 was around 100 hours before he really got comfortable with the plane, 
 especially landing it very slow and STOL!
 Even if you come in way too fast, just hold it off with barely enough nose 
 high to keep from climbing/ballooning  and maintain directional control with 
 rudder   and it'll land itself and gently roll to a stop.    Choose no wind 
 or light wind straight down the runway conditions for first flight to 
 eliminate that variable!    Once I flew it to the runway at 50 - 60 mph just 
 to see how it would handle, and the landing was still a no brainer, a 
 greaser in fact!    FAR BETTER too fast than too slow.
 I was told by a factory pilot at Oshkosh to fly the approach very  slow like 
 my VG'd  Kitfox I had at the time, and that is true once you are comfortable 
 with the plane, but for the first flight if you've never flown one before, I 
 think that's bad advice.   Come in faster with much more control till you 
 get used to it.   Like the California pilot said, once you get the hang of 
 it it's an extremely safe, almost unstallable  idiot proof airplane!   Just 
 a few quirks to iron out and before you push the envelope.
 Sorry I got off the topic of high speed taxi and crow hops....But if you do 
 those, be prepared and have a game plan in your mind for landing it.
 
 http://stolspeed.com/
 
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 From: "BobKat" <bobkat(at)btinet.net>
 Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 8:55 AM
 To: <zenith701801-list(at)matronics.com>
 Subject: Re: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea?
 
 [quote] 
 
  The bottom line is that its not advisable to do much in the way of crow 
  hops and high speed taxis.    I've heard on many websites that there are a 
  lot of airplanes wrecked doing the high speed taxi/crow hop thing.
  Yes, SPEED is your friend!  Forget about the stall speed 28mph nonsense! 
  (Sure, but with the nose pointing upwards under power like an ICBM!)   Fly 
  it like a 150 with lots of added drag till you are used to it!    John has 
  some great advice here.  There's an excellent discourse on first flight by 
  the fellow from Australia on his website.  The VG fellow.  Can't recall it 
  right now, but someone else might.  Great advice there, too.   As John B 
  said - flies like a pacer IF you leave a little power on!    Without a bit 
  of power until you get used to it, it has the glide path of a falling 
  brick!
  Keep a little power on right down to the ground till you get used to 
  landing it.  Don't get too slow and flare tool high like I did  on the 
  first flight unless you enjoy feeling the 'clunk' of a hard landing and 
  risk of gear damage!     I wish I'd have known about this web site and the 
  great advice here before my first flight!
  After 100+ hours in my plane I still prefer to carry a bit of power right 
  to the ground!    There's lots of drag and it'll develop a really high 
  rate of descent if you let it.  Flare too high and too slow and it'll bite 
  you! It's an easy and absolutely fun plane to fly but there IS a bit of an 
  important learning curve on landing!  Keep a bit of power on and be ready 
  to add a bit more.  Power and adequate landing speed is your friend!   A 
  good landing is the product of a good approach.
 
  --------------------------------------------------
  From: "fritz" <klondike(at)megalink.net>
  Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 7:33 AM
  To: <zenith701801-list(at)matronics.com>
  Subject: Re: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea?
 
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 > I agree 100%---
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				 Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 8:12 am    Post subject: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea? | 
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				I did some high speed taxi tests on my CH-701.  I won't say how fast I got up too becasue it is not an advisible thing to do.  I was surprised that the plane did not want to fly.  It had no tendancy to lift off at all.  I found that the flapperons were active and I had great direction control with the nose wheel steering BUT...
 
 If things had gone wrong, the plane would have ballooned to about 100 feet and left me sitting there stunned.  The 701 will not normally fly unless the nose gear comes up first.  However, if a gust of wind had caught me the wrong way, my high speed run could have been disasterous.
 
 I was fortunate enough to get a 701 checkout from Roger in the factory plane.  Wow, what an awesome little aircraft.  He said, and I agree, that I should be able to handle my plane with no problems.  That would not have been the case without the checkride. The few tricks he showed me were well worth the trip to Mexico.
 
 Now all I need is my CofA to arrive and I can go fly mine.
 
 Please keep in mind, the 701 is not an RV.  High speed taxi tests are very dangerous when you are taxiing at about your stall speed.
 
 Fly safe
 
 Doug MacDonald
 CH-701 from Scratch
 Waiting on Canadian paperwork
 NW Ontario, Canada
 
 Do Not Archive
 
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  Subject: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea?
  To: zenith701801-list(at)matronics.com
  Received: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 9:19 PM
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  posted by: "txpilot" <txpilot(at)consolidated.net>
  
  I've just completed my 'low-speed' taxi tests and
  anticipate fixing my squawks quickly. Now - the next
  question: should I do high-speed taxi tests as
  recommended from the FAA, or just go right to the first
  flight? Of course, talking about this airplane, 'high
  speed' may mean 20-25 mph!
  
  I would like to hear about any experiences of high-speed
  taxi tests from any other members.
  
  Thanks,
  
  Dan Ginty
  
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				 Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:02 pm    Post subject: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea? | 
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				On the flaps the advice from Michael Heintz was to not even mess with them
 for the first 50 hours.
 
 -- Craig
 
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		kmccune
 
  
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				 Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 1:52 pm    Post subject: Re: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea? | 
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				Sorry I just had to quote you and remove the do not arch...  this is good stuff, I want to be able eread it when its time!
 
 Kevin
 [quote="bobkat"]This is the website. JG in Australia.   Good advice on this website about 
 flying, landing, testing, etc.  In a separate e-mail he told me to carry 
 around 3000 RPM right to the ground with the Rotax 912 and stock airplane. 
 Still amazes me how fast it comes down and what nice landings it makes even 
 at 3000 RPM.    Plenty of time to land much slower once you get the feel of 
 it.
 The fellow from California at the 701 STOL Seminar at Oshkosh in 09 said it 
 was around 100 hours before he really got comfortable with the plane, 
 especially landing it very slow and STOL!
 Even if you come in way too fast, just hold it off with barely enough nose 
 high to keep from climbing/ballooning  and maintain directional control with 
 rudder   and it'll land itself and gently roll to a stop.    Choose no wind 
 or light wind straight down the runway conditions for first flight to 
 eliminate that variable!    Once I flew it to the runway at 50 - 60 mph just 
 to see how it would handle, and the landing was still a no brainer, a 
 greaser in fact!    FAR BETTER too fast than too slow.
 I was told by a factory pilot at Oshkosh to fly the approach very  slow like 
 my VG'd  Kitfox I had at the time, and that is true once you are comfortable 
 with the plane, but for the first flight if you've never flown one before, I 
 think that's bad advice.   Come in faster with much more control till you 
 get used to it.   Like the California pilot said, once you get the hang of 
 it it's an extremely safe, almost unstallable  idiot proof airplane!   Just 
 a few quirks to iron out and before you push the envelope.
 Sorry I got off the topic of high speed taxi and crow hops....But if you do 
 those, be prepared and have a game plan in your mind for landing it.
 
 http://stolspeed.com/
 
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 From: "BobKat" <bobkat>
 Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 8:55 AM
 To: <zenith701801>
 Subject: Re: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea?
 
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  The bottom line is that its not advisable to do much in the way of crow 
  hops and high speed taxis.    I've heard on many websites that there are a 
  lot of airplanes wrecked doing the high speed taxi/crow hop thing.
  Yes, SPEED is your friend!  Forget about the stall speed 28mph nonsense! 
  (Sure, but with the nose pointing upwards under power like an ICBM!)   Fly 
  it like a 150 with lots of added drag till you are used to it!    John has 
  some great advice here.  There's an excellent discourse on first flight by 
  the fellow from Australia on his website.  The VG fellow.  Can't recall it 
  right now, but someone else might.  Great advice there, too.   As John B 
  said - flies like a pacer IF you leave a little power on!    Without a bit 
  of power until you get used to it, it has the glide path of a falling 
  brick!
  Keep a little power on right down to the ground till you get used to 
  landing it.  Don't get too slow and flare tool high like I did  on the 
  first flight unless you enjoy feeling the 'clunk' of a hard landing and 
  risk of gear damage!     I wish I'd have known about this web site and the 
  great advice here before my first flight!
  After 100+ hours in my plane I still prefer to carry a bit of power right 
  to the ground!    There's lots of drag and it'll develop a really high 
  rate of descent if you let it.  Flare too high and too slow and it'll bite 
  you! It's an easy and absolutely fun plane to fly but there IS a bit of an 
  important learning curve on landing!  Keep a bit of power on and be ready 
  to add a bit more.  Power and adequate landing speed is your friend!   A 
  good landing is the product of a good approach.
 
  --------------------------------------------------
  From: "fritz" <klondike>
  Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 7:33 AM
  To: <zenith701801>
  Subject: Re: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea?
 
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				 Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 7:43 am    Post subject: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea? | 
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				I agree, getting and taxi'n on the mains calls for a lot of  "control" over 
 the airplane.  I did this also, but didn't refer to at as "high speed taxi", 
 5000' on the mains  requires a lot coordination.       I guess we need a 
 defination of "high speed taxi" for the 701/750 so we'll all be on the same 
 page.
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				 Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 3:17 pm    Post subject: Re: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea? | 
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				I fly from a 4200 foot runway. When I land I will keep the front wheel off the ground all the way to the turn off at the other end. I have vg's which makes it easier to do. With slats the on it is much more difficult to maintain the front wheel off the ground, it either wants to go very nose high or drop the front main to the ground. 
 I did high speed taxing with the slats on and can verify that it can be very dangerous. You get up enough speed and the nose high and it will come off the ground. The problem now is to get it back on the ground with out thumping it, cuz when you come off the throttle it will come down like a rock. This is a real problem especially when the end of the runway is approaching and boy does it come up fast.
 My recommendation is to take off and fly a few feet off the deck, if no bad things seem to be in play then fly away. By that I mean no heavy forces on the stick,or other trim problems evident. My trainer, an old military instructor told me to never head right for the sky but to fly a few feet above the runway and then if all feels right go up.
 
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				 Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 4:40 pm    Post subject: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea? | 
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				It seems to me that the location of the center of gravity relative to 
 the wheel axles would be a significant factor.  Perhaps the CG moves 
 from in front of the axles to behind at some point while the nose is 
 moving up.  If the CG moved across the fulcrum, the tail would want to 
 go all the way to the ground.
 
 Just a thought.
 
 Raymond Julian
 Kettle River, MN
 
 On 10/02/2010 05:34 PM, ronlee wrote:
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  I guess I didn't make my message clear about taxing with the nose wheel up. As someone else noted the nose will come up VERY easily and at a low speed, if not careful one can even scrape the tail tie down. It seems at some point it (the tail) just wants to keep going down. My experience is coming down from such a nose high taxi is touchy to bring it down gently. My thoughts are that once the air starts going through the slats (nose high) the tail just wants to keep going down. Now here is my point, if you get airborne with the nose high and you don't want to fly, but bring it back down to the runway gently is where the problem can be. It's easy to come down much faster then you want and easy to thump it , especially if the end of the runway is approaching.
  I've taxied both ways, slats on and slats off with VGs and can definitely state that taxing with the nose wheel an EVEN distance (6 inches,  10 inches etc) off the ground is way easier done without the slats on. I can only theorize why this is so. Maybe someone has right answer.
 
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				 Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 5:33 pm    Post subject: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea? | 
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				Here is may take on the 701/801 flying habits. 
 A slatted wing will behave predictably till you hit the critical angle of attack. Then the slats start to 'breath' and funnel air over the top surface of the wing. At that point the plane gets twitchy and wants to fly at an accellerated rate and pitch movements through the controls will be laser precise. If you over correct and get the plane leveled off too quickly the reverse happens and the wing quits flying and the nose will drop. This all happens in a very narrow speed range which just happens to present itself when fast taxiing at just under flying speed.  The 701/801 design is different then  in any other plane in that at rotation it either wants to jump in the air with a positive rate of climb or linger at a wings level attitude if you don't rotate properly. It is not dangerous,,,,,, just real different then any other plane you will ever fly. 
 Just my humble opinion after flying my 801 for 400 hours...... I LOVE my 801 !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
 Ben. 
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				 Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 6:53 pm    Post subject: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea? | 
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				we must also remember that the 701, 750, 801 horiz.  tail airfoil is a lot different than most other airplanes,  the airflow  over the tail helps to keep the nose high angle.     too  much power and oops, not enough power oops.
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				 Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 7:14 pm    Post subject: Re: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea? | 
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				I always felt the "bunny hops" method that permeated the ultralight scene a couple of decades ago was an accident waiting to happen - agree with John Bolding and others do not try this on a 701.
 
 I did a few high angle low speed runs to get the feel with the nose high so I had confidence in the rudder, brakes, pitch  vs. power setting. I had a lot of experience with handling a C150A in these conditions so I taxied this way until my flight permit came thru. It is difficult work, much harder than flying normally.
 
 Particularly with the 701 there is a marked pitch up effect at liftoff which although harmless is surprising to the unwary until you get used to not holding the stick too hard back.... and landing the pitch changes with throttle settings in summary its best not to try and learn all this body language close to the ground and best keep them as separate operations.
 
 My favourite mentoring article is here:
 
 http://www.acomodata.com/zenair701/index.htm
 
 
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				 Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 3:17 pm    Post subject: Re: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea? | 
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				Wow!  Thanks to all who responded on the subject.  Tommy - that was a great video.  Thanks for that.
 
 I decided to accomplish the high-speed taxi tests and I'm glad I did.  It behaved just as everyone said it would.  The nose came up prior to reaching 20 mph and I was able to pop a 'wheelie' down the runway at about 2800 rpm.  The airplane definitely needs lots of right rudder at such a high angle of attack and low speed.
 
 Regarding the slats, it is practically an 'on-off' switch.  My theory:  these aren't your typical leading edge slats that protrude below the lower camber of the wing.  Chris Heintz designed them to be streamlined to the wing at low angles of attack.  The air really doesn't 'see' them.  Once the angle of attack is increased, they do their job by directing accelerated airflow over the top camber of the wing.  I believe that's why there's a danger of popping in the air unexpectedly, especially at higher speeds.
 
 I wasn't up for doing rabbit hops down the runway as I believe in stabilized approach criteria.  That being said, I must confess the airplane did its first 'unofficial' flight by climbing 2 inches off the ground on the first rotation.  Nevertheless, it was a good experience for me to get used to my airplane and a good confidence builder for my first official flight.
 
 Thanks again,
 
 Dan Ginty
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				 Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 3:43 pm    Post subject: Re: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea? | 
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				Ben,
 This is good stuff can you remove the do not archive?
 
 Kevin
 
  	  | n801bh(at)netzero.com wrote: | 	 		  Here is may take on the 701/801 flying habits. 
 A slatted wing will behave predictably till you hit the critical angle of attack. Then the slats start to 'breath' and funnel air over the top surface of the wing. At that point the plane gets twitchy and wants to fly at an accellerated rate and pitch movements through the controls will be laser precise. If you over correct and get the plane leveled off too quickly the reverse happens and the wing quits flying and the nose will drop. This all happens in a very narrow speed range which just happens to present itself when fast taxiing at just under flying speed.  The 701/801 design is different then  in any other plane in that at rotation it either wants to jump in the air with a positive rate of climb or linger at a wings level attitude if you don't rotate properly. It is not dangerous,,,,,, just real different then any other plane you will ever fly. 
 Just my humble opinion after flying my 801 for 400 hours...... I LOVE my 801 !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
 Ben. 
 do not archive
 Ben Haas
 N801BH
 www.haaspowerair.com
 
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				 Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 3:55 pm    Post subject: High speed taxi tests: good or bad idea? | 
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				Congrats on the "first flight".  
 Getting daylight under the tires of a plane you built is a life changing moment you will never forget... 
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