At 19:30 27 May 2005, Bob Johnson wrote:
Papa3 wrote:

Udo Rumpf wrote:

Eric
The elevator with the new C of G, once the bank and
turn
is established, has a minimal up deflection but in
cruise the elevator
is even more in a down deflection. This causes more
drag. This can
be corrected by placing a washer under the bolt attachment
of the
stab to reduce the angle of incidence to reduce the
down deflection
in cruise. Ideally the ASW 24 should have a tail tank.
Anyone know of someone that made this mod on the 24?
Regards
Udo



What you really need is a lead weight on a track mounted
in the
fuselage driven by a small motor. Move the weight
back for climb.
Move it forward for cruise :-)) Actually, the flight
research
department at my University had this installed in
Navions. I guess
I'm only half-joking...

P3

Reminds me of the 'mercury pump' gadget Moffat supposedly
revealed to
his fellow contestants on the start grid one long-ago
day.

Didn't matter whether it worked or not, the other guys
were so psyced
out they were beaten before they hooked up.

Bob Johnson


Moffat comes from a racing sailboat tradition, where
trickery is admired if not the norm and where clever
rule beating devices are constantly developed. I heard
of one sailor who, not allowed ballast at his weighing,
put several boxes of tomato soup (highest specific
gravity) in the bilges as crew provisions.

I never met George and I'm not accusing him of cheating,
but the out-psych'em strategy is certainly a NE tradition.