Nope,
The basic mission I'm wanting to accomplish is ariel viewing of interesting
terrain, the ability to land on dirt roads, and low cost. On the very seldom
cross country flight, if I could mess with retracting or removing the slats to
get there a little faster, that would be a reasonable use of my time. 99
percent of the time I wouldn't care if it flew only 60 knots.

Besides, I'm a curious sort, and have been wondering what sort of penalty the
slats incure.

tom


Seems like a bad question. If you are interested in speed you are looking
at the wrong A/C to start with.
stu fields safar helicopter.
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Howdy,

The Zenith Aircraft CH701 is a neat little two place STOL machine that
employs
leading edge slats that are permanently deployed. Top speed for the
little
machine is 95 mph.

Any idea of how much faster it might be if the slats were removed?

Anyone ever tried this?

thanks,
tom pettit