Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Cruising speed

If he wants to go faster, wouldn't one option to be to find an LSA that is slick enough that it's speed is limited by it's prop, and change the prop to maximize speed past the legal limit? So, which LSA has the fastest inherent airframe design?

Bill

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Bob Comperini <bob@...> wrote:
>
> On 08:54 AM 3/9/2010, blueriverday wrote:
> >Hello.
> >
> > Is anyone here actually cruising at 138 mph with no effort, and, if
> >so, is there anything other than "obedience" which keeps you from pushing it just a teeny bit faster, say...140?
>
> I didn't quite understand the question. By definition, an LSA can't have a Vh greater than that number. The 120Kts is a performance limit. There is no "speed limit" imposed on Sport PIlots. If your plane has a Vne higher than 120Kts, you are welcomed to go faster than 120 Kts (in a dive for example).
>
>
> --
> Bob Comperini
> e-mail: bob@...
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