Saturday 072807 in Oshkosh Pt 4 - the Eclipse Concept Jet [5/5] - "Eclipse Concept Jet 5 preparing to depart Oshkosh.JPG" yEnc (1/1)

[Just Plane Noise[_2_]]

[john smith[_2_]]

Interesting how large the v-tails are.
As short coupled as the aircraft is, one has to wonder how much
downforce is required.

[Ken Gerlach]

FYI - According to the Landings database, this is N5184U, msn SE-400-001
(prototype) of the Mark 400 of Swift Engineering Inc, registered
25-May-2007

"john smith" > wrote in message
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> Interesting how large the v-tails are.
> As short coupled as the aircraft is, one has to wonder how much
> downforce is required.

[Just Plane Noise[_2_]]

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:10:44 -0400, "Ken Gerlach" >
wrote:

>FYI - According to the Landings database, this is N5184U, msn SE-400-001
>(prototype) of the Mark 400 of Swift Engineering Inc, registered
>25-May-2007

Thanks for the post, Ken. An article on the importance of the
Swift/Eclipse collaboration is here:
http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=43059

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>"john smith" > wrote in message
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>> Interesting how large the v-tails are.
>> As short coupled as the aircraft is, one has to wonder how much
>> downforce is required.
>