Any Apache drivers ?

Denny,

Thanks for the reply - saw your plane on Jay's site, looks very nice !

We are replacing the torque tube w/ steel, the bellcrank is an
obnoxious one, and they are really proud of p/n 16423-06, $1695 list
now! I'll try to find a used one, it would be nice to avoid all that
floor disassembly next time... If you have any good sources for used
parts, I would appreciate a reference, too. I've been in touch with
John Lumley down in Florida (The Flying Apache Assoc.), he is a great
resource, too.

We do have the nacelle fairings installed, but not the fin. I've been
looking at those, not sure I want to do the whole square rudder, but
looks like Diamond Aire sells just the dorsal is that what you have ?
Any measurable SE performance gain ?

Thanks,

Martin

I'm not a fan of the square look... Keep em round... Jeez, I dunno off
the top of my head who produced the fairing I have, it's mucho decades
old... You will need to do the home work and see if there is a fat
fairing languishing in some shops attic... Call the airplane wreckers
also....
Yeah, in my mind there is a significant improvement in safety with the
dorsal fin... When I do engine cuts (altitude) and let the speedo go
below Vmc, the plane is mushing out of the sky before it offers to
start going roundy, roundy - I have never let it get deep into that, no
cajones Senor.... My understanding is that in the original
configuration with the wasp waist fuselage an Apache could do an abrupt
break into an inverted spin that got a few pilots...

cheers ... denny