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View Poll Results: Do you add a notch of flaps for flight from Ripon to Oshkosh
Never 22 27.50%
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Old 07-15-2016, 04:43 PM
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Default Do you flap to OSH?

On the 90 kt flight from Ripon to Oshkosh do you use a notch of flaps?

I like the additional airspeed stability and the little more over the nose visibility.
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Old 07-15-2016, 05:05 PM
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Yes, because I always seem to get behind someone going 75.
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Old 07-15-2016, 05:10 PM
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Yes, because I always seem to get behind someone going 75.
Same here!
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Old 07-15-2016, 05:16 PM
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I drop them just a little. It helps lower the nose and the 7 seems to not want to wallow around as much as if I leave them up.
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Old 07-15-2016, 05:31 PM
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Yes if I get behind a Kitfox or something really slow. Last year I bailed out on base for 36L. Just couldn't go that slow!
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Old 07-15-2016, 05:48 PM
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Sure, but only if we get behind something really slow. The -9 wing doesn't seem to care as much as your fat Hershey bar .
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Old 07-15-2016, 07:06 PM
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I have to as I'm quite heavy and the nose is too high to be comfortable.

Normally, we have a relatively large tent, two sleeping bags, two air mattresses, two fully loaded back packs, a couple of pillows, towels, a crow foot tie down set, boards for under the wheels, two quarts of oil, tool box,
a spare P-mag, a six pack for just in case, and about 55 gallons of fuel, cause I'm too cheap to buy Basler fuel. (****) (cheap retired airline pilot)

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Old 07-15-2016, 07:20 PM
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Sure, but only if we get behind something really slow. The -9 wing doesn't seem to care as much as your fat Hershey bar .
You callin' me fat?
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Old 07-15-2016, 07:24 PM
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220, 221. Whatever it takes. ;-)
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Old 07-15-2016, 07:38 PM
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I do it when flying any model except for the RV-12 (I have flown one of everything except a 3 and 4 in to OSH at least once).
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