Thinking out loud

"Don Tuite" wrote in message
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Here' the specs on the Yankee:

http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/cont...antrainer.html


Thank you so much for this link!!! I have been looking for this all over the
place!

700 feet for takeoff?? humm.... the plane felt a lot slower to leave the
runway than that ...

I think that I need to lose a few pounds... and work on my weight and
balance ....

But based on the loading, unless this guy had a bigger engine than the
stock engine, I'd assume he can't be trusted to have maintained the
plane properly.

Your idea's ok, but lose this bozo.

Don

Why do you say that if you don't mind me asking?

I could be wrong of course, but he looked like he paid much attention to
detail ... he looked like he know what he was doing ...

--
Marco Rispoli - NJ, USA / PP-ASEL
My On-line pilot community - http://www.thepilotlounge.com

Marco Rispoli wrote:

700 feet for takeoff?? humm.... the plane felt a lot slower to leave the
runway than that ...

That's at max gross. If you were 100 pounds over, then you probably used about 2/3 of
the runway there.

George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.

On Mon, 03 May 2004 15:32:05 GMT, "Marco Rispoli"
wrote:


Your idea's ok, but lose this bozo.


Why do you say that if you don't mind me asking?

Because if I understood you correctly, he tried to kill you. Go back
to the part of my first message about being grossly over-gross.

Don

"Don Tuite" wrote in message
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On Mon, 03 May 2004 15:32:05 GMT, "Marco Rispoli"
wrote:


Your idea's ok, but lose this bozo.


Why do you say that if you don't mind me asking?

Because if I understood you correctly, he tried to kill you. Go back
to the part of my first message about being grossly over-gross.

Don

ah ... I see what you are referring to.

To be honest I didn't feel that I was in any danger. It might have been a
bit cavalier of him to do that but I think this guy has enough hours in that
plane to know the limitations and abilities of the machine pretty darn good.

Overgross? yes possibly but to be honest ... I don't know for sure. I just
guess-timated.

My guess is that given the high humidity and temperature the plane was
suffering.

The runway is fairly long over at Central Jersey. Plenty of space to decide
that the plane won't lift off. Plenty of runway to stop IMO.

Would I have done it if I was him? No ... borderline over gross and possibly
over gross, even by a pound is a big NO NO for me.

But I have only 65 hours ... he's got one hell of a lot more.

--
Marco Rispoli - NJ, USA / PP-ASEL
My On-line pilot community - http://www.thepilotlounge.com

Don Tuite wrote in
:

On Mon, 03 May 2004 15:32:05 GMT, "Marco Rispoli"
wrote:


Your idea's ok, but lose this bozo.


Why do you say that if you don't mind me asking?

Because if I understood you correctly, he tried to kill you. Go back
to the part of my first message about being grossly over-gross.

Don

Go back to the original post, he indicated HALF fuel, so pretty close to
gross but not 100 over.....

--
ET


"A common mistake people make when trying to design something
completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools."---- Douglas Adams

Marco Rispoli wrote:

700 feet for takeoff?? humm.... the plane felt a lot slower to leave the
runway than that ...

Dunno if it's standard practice, but Maule's takeoff performance figures are
determined with half tanks, no baggage, and one 170 pound person on board. Perhaps
Grumman's are also.

George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.