The new Fork Tailed Doctor Killer

On 2008-03-19, Dan wrote:

This spiral instability is a desired feature in a high performance
airplane, not a design flaw.

Oh, I absolutely agree - the neutral stability in roll is one of the
things that made the Bonanza so nice to fly. All it ever needed was
a light touch on the controls, and I found this valuable on those IMC
flights that won't necessarily in smooth air.

If you're flying any model Bonanza in IFR a wing leveler AP should be
considered minimum equipment.

And your back seat passengers will *really* appreciate a yaw damper :-)

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Dylan Smith wrote:

And your back seat passengers will *really* appreciate a yaw damper :-)

You can say that again :-)) I think we went through about 6 line boys
who quit over having to clean up the back seat vomit from our charter
flights in the Bo. :-))

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Dudley Henriques

On Mar 19, 4:21 pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:
Dylan Smith wrote:
And your back seat passengers will *really* appreciate a yaw damper :-)

You can say that again :-)) I think we went through about 6 line boys
who quit over having to clean up the back seat vomit from our charter
flights in the Bo. :-))

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Dudley Henriques

yikes!

Didn't you use the poor man's yaw damper?

(e.g. Both feet solidly on the rudder pedals with instant pressure to
counteract the yaw)

Dan Mc

On Mar 19, 12:55*pm, The Visitor
wrote:

Night VFR doesn't exist many places because sometimes it is just
too dark.

Huh? Even if it is pitch black outside, and you see nothing whatsoever
beyond your plane, and you need to fly by reference to instruments in
order to stay upright, you can still be in VFR conditions.

Dan wrote:
On Mar 19, 4:21 pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:
Dylan Smith wrote:
And your back seat passengers will *really* appreciate a yaw damper :-)
You can say that again :-)) I think we went through about 6 line boys
who quit over having to clean up the back seat vomit from our charter
flights in the Bo. :-))

--
Dudley Henriques

yikes!

Didn't you use the poor man's yaw damper?

(e.g. Both feet solidly on the rudder pedals with instant pressure to
counteract the yaw)

Dan Mc

I can tell you for sure, and I flew that airplane myself many times.
There was NO way to completely stop that subtle gentle back and forth
yaw in that airplane. Trust me...we knew ALL the tricks :-))

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Dudley Henriques

On Mar 19, 4:43 pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:


I can tell you for sure, and I flew that airplane myself many times.
There was NO way to completely stop that subtle gentle back and forth
yaw in that airplane. Trust me...we knew ALL the tricks :-))

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Dudley Henriques

I'm sure.. maybe I feel like I've dampened them since I'm not as
sensitive to the roll. I haven't had any back seat Pax in the v-tail
yet.


Dan Mc

Dan wrote:
On Mar 19, 4:43 pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:

I can tell you for sure, and I flew that airplane myself many times.
There was NO way to completely stop that subtle gentle back and forth
yaw in that airplane. Trust me...we knew ALL the tricks :-))

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Dudley Henriques

I'm sure.. maybe I feel like I've dampened them since I'm not as
sensitive to the roll. I haven't had any back seat Pax in the v-tail
yet.


Dan Mc

It was just the V Tail that had the oscillation problem. We flew a Deb
later on that handled as straight as an arrow.

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Dudley Henriques

And I can vouch for that. The Arrow II that I owned always flew straight.
;-)

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Regards, BobF.
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Dan wrote:
On Mar 19, 4:43 pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:

I can tell you for sure, and I flew that airplane myself many times.
There was NO way to completely stop that subtle gentle back and forth
yaw in that airplane. Trust me...we knew ALL the tricks :-))

--
Dudley Henriques

I'm sure.. maybe I feel like I've dampened them since I'm not as
sensitive to the roll. I haven't had any back seat Pax in the v-tail
yet.


Dan Mc

It was just the V Tail that had the oscillation problem. We flew a Deb
later on that handled as straight as an arrow.

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Dudley Henriques

On Mar 19, 4:50 pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:


It was just the V Tail that had the oscillation problem. We flew a Deb
later on that handled as straight as an arrow.

--
Dudley Henriques

A36 is the same -- like an arrow

Nice looking a/c, but that V tail just looks cool.

The line guy comments about every other flight -- "It sounds like a
WW2 fighter when you take off..."

:-)

Dan Mc

Dan wrote:
On Mar 19, 4:50 pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:

It was just the V Tail that had the oscillation problem. We flew a Deb
later on that handled as straight as an arrow.

--
Dudley Henriques

A36 is the same -- like an arrow

Nice looking a/c, but that V tail just looks cool.

The line guy comments about every other flight -- "It sounds like a
WW2 fighter when you take off..."

:-)

Dan Mc

Well.....it's too bad I couldn't have stood you by the side of the
runway to hear the Merlin at 61 inches as it went past you on takeoff.
.......a little less loud of course when I had to go to 100LL and drop
the takeoff power to 55 inches...but I think you would have known I was
there :-))
Great Doppler effect BTW!!! :-))

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Dudley Henriques