"TJ400" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi John.. can you suggest a link with a good illustration/ plans,
please (anything is welcome)... looking for anything right about
now.... I've been told by someone who has built and flown a 2+2 from a
PA-22 (certified Aircraft Mechanic) that the limitations of this
airplane as a bush plane is not it's capability of taking off and
getting out of small lakes, but rather landing and finally touching
down after flare out.... with Super Cub wings installed, this thing is
a kite and seems to take forever to finally touch down...

He claims with a system like a fowler not so much is the change in
stall speed important but rather a steeper approach so flaring as close
to the downwind end of the lake/ obstacle is possible... This will
provide better nose down attitude for vision also...

The gentleman mentioned above and myself are now building a pair of
sister airplanes together in the same shop... I'm trying to gather a
little research on the flap dilemma while he shows me how to build the
rst of a 2+2...

I welcome ANY and ALL advice regarding this subject...

TJ


Take a look at the flaps on any Cessna built in the last fifty years. That
is a Fowler type flap. That is why you need the tracks and rollers. They
allow the flap to extend to the rear while it is deflecting.

You can do almost as well much easier by merely dropping the hinge line for
the flaps some distance below the wing. See, for example, the flaps on a
Husky. That will give you 98% of the advantages of a full Fowler Flap with
a lot less engineering and a lot less mechanism.

Remember the cardinal rule in aircraft design "Simplificate and add
lightness!"

Highflyer
Highflight Aviation Services
Pinckneyville Airport ( PJY )

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