On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 13:11:33 -0600, "Gig Giacona"
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Howdy,

The Zenith Aircraft CH701 is a neat little two place STOL machine that
employs
leading edge slats that are permanently deployed. Top speed for the
little
machine is 95 mph.

Any idea of how much faster it might be if the slats were removed?

Anyone ever tried this?

thanks,
tom pettit

I'd ask over at the Matronics Zenith list or even search the archive. Who
knows it might not fly at all.

IIRC the question was asked of Chris at one of our chapter meetings,
and the difference was something like 5 - 10 mph and the stall speed
went up by about 1.5 times that difference.
The Pegazair has retracable slats and goes something like 15mph
faster.