To All:
Many of you have asked what it is like flying a little Yak-11 against all those monsters on the race course. Well, here it goes... First, thank you all for supporting a sport that we all love. Without you, we would not have the races, period! I also want to thank all those horse voices out there for cheering me on. What you don't know is that all the noise you make for me is really soul music for our team. I have come back from my craziness to many tearful, proud team member eyes because of you. You really keep the Czechmate team pumped up by all your support. Again, thank you.
I know most of you have seen our racer. Some of the quirks are:
Stiff legs. No oleos. I must land and T.O. 3 point. The prop is only 7 inches off the ground. Can be a real b#t#h on crosswind landings. And we all know how Reno blows! We could use a longer prop to efficiently convert the HP we have to thrust. We just don't have the clearance.
Next, the A/C weighs about 6700# empty, which is 200# more than the stock MGTW. Put chubby me, ADI, Spray bar H2O, and fuel and you have about 1100# more. This all adds up to fast approach and T/O speeds. Stall speed clean is 124 KIAS, yes Knots. Approach speed is 124 KIAS with Full Flaps and power. It's always close to the edge because any faster and this baby will float all the way down the runway!
Sorry fellas, got to go to work. Will continue with flying this evening
Ciao!
Sherm
Many of you have asked what it is like flying a little Yak-11 against all those monsters on the race course. Well, here it goes... First, thank you all for supporting a sport that we all love. Without you, we would not have the races, period! I also want to thank all those horse voices out there for cheering me on. What you don't know is that all the noise you make for me is really soul music for our team. I have come back from my craziness to many tearful, proud team member eyes because of you. You really keep the Czechmate team pumped up by all your support. Again, thank you.
I know most of you have seen our racer. Some of the quirks are:
Stiff legs. No oleos. I must land and T.O. 3 point. The prop is only 7 inches off the ground. Can be a real b#t#h on crosswind landings. And we all know how Reno blows! We could use a longer prop to efficiently convert the HP we have to thrust. We just don't have the clearance.
Next, the A/C weighs about 6700# empty, which is 200# more than the stock MGTW. Put chubby me, ADI, Spray bar H2O, and fuel and you have about 1100# more. This all adds up to fast approach and T/O speeds. Stall speed clean is 124 KIAS, yes Knots. Approach speed is 124 KIAS with Full Flaps and power. It's always close to the edge because any faster and this baby will float all the way down the runway!
Sorry fellas, got to go to work. Will continue with flying this evening
Ciao!
Sherm
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