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Old August 8th 03, 12:15 PM
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On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 23:58:41 -0500, Big John
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Bob

I never heard two knees defined as an auto pilot before.

If you keep loading a bird down (A/P, etc) the weight growth will
seriously effect the performance of bird.

Since most pilots come with two knees, you don't add any weight to be
able to fly the bird with the knees when required.

Big John

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

The 'knee trick' will get you at least....
three snap rolls, two loops and a split-S in my RV-3
before you can decide it was a less than brilliant idea. g


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