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Old 06-11-2007, 02:08 AM
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I have seen a few aircraft (CTSW, Lancair) that achieve significantly higher cruise speeds when the flap is set 'negative'.

This obviously affects stall characteristics and is only selected to negative above a certain speed, and back to 0 on slowing down.

Has anyone attempted this with an RV, and what was the effect?
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Old 06-11-2007, 05:53 AM
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I think we had this discussion just in the last week or so....search for "Reflex", and you might find the thread to get you started...

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