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Old October 28th 08, 08:31 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
Stuart Fields
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Default Lancair Legacy Design Flaw?


"Gregory Hall" wrote in message
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http://www.youngeagles.org/photos/gallery/Monoplanes/LancairLegacy2000.jpg

Look at the picture. It's easy to see why the Lancair is dangerous. The
horizontal stabilizers appear to be on the too small side. This would
result in their stalling before the wing. Then the aircraft would pitch up
making the main wing stall. Ill-conceived, IMO.

A good lawyer needs to get on this with respect to BadWaterBill's untimely
demise.

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Gregory Hall


Are you proposing a Lawyer for horizontal stabilizer design review? My
guess is that if you have been able to do a review of the horizontal stab
from a photo, that BwB would have a good idea of just what he was flying and
as the PIC was responsible for the safe operation of the bird. What a
Lawyer could add to this tragedy without creating a second tragedy is not
clear.