On Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 5:47:34 PM UTC-4, Dan Marotta wrote:
You're never too high in a Mosquito - a salute to the terminal velocity
limiting air brakes.Â* To test the brakes, I once started at a couple
thousand feet AGL, opened full brakes and pointed the nose straight
down.Â* It did not reach red line.Â* Everything said below is true, too.

Enjoy!

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Dan, 5J

I can only second that! Using the trailing edge dive brakes on my Calif in the 'Oh Jesus!' setting, I can get sink rates of close to 100 ft/sec w/o building speed much over 80mph while standing on the rudder pedals and looking at the houses becoming larger! Great design - I don't miss the SH dive brakes.

Uli
'AS'