Av8rRob
Well Known Member
So, I started doing some formation flying with my -14 and got a chance to fly with an -8 today. Here was the issue, at the perch on a decending turn to final I could not match his deceleration rate. I felt like at idle with the prop full forward he could slow way faster than I could. So my question for those more experienced than I in formation......what am I missing here? My plane, rv-14 io-390 with cs blended hartzell prop. His, rv-8, io-370 with cs whirlwind prop. One technique I learned was to slip the aircraft for deceleration. He mentioned that maybe I could lower my idle speed (currently it is approximately 870-900 on the ground).
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Any thoughts?
Thanks
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