Ok, I knew that much. :-) Actually, I meant to compliment Van because
it's obvious he really knows what he's doing and designs some wonderful
aircraft, but looking at a 152 up close it's really not too difficult to
imagine something going lots faster with the same engine. :-) Lots of
bumps & draggy stuff all over those things.

Bryan Martin wrote:
in article .net, Paul
Folbrecht at wrote on 1/4/04 8:43 PM:


How can an RV-9 possibly cruise 50 mph faster than a 152 w/same engine
yet stall at the same speed and give up nothing in terms of stability, etc.?



Less drag.