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Old October 31st 08, 12:52 AM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
Steve Hix
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Default Lancair Legacy Design Flaw?

In article
,
Alan Baker wrote:


Anyone who thinks an aircraft can be made "foolproof" is a fool who
shouldn't be flying.


Like Mignet and his Pou-du-Ciel (Flying Flea).

Everything going swimmingly, unless you manage to somehow get it
inverted.

At which point it becomes so stable that it would stooge about until it
ran out of fuel, no way to bring it upright again.