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Guest avi8tr

Do we know the same guy Dave - his name starts with G....?

 

Decathlon - Citabria - both look the same to me :-)

 

 

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Do we know the same guy Dave - his name starts with G....?Decathlon - Citabria - both look the same to me :)

Geez mate got be careful with comments like that, I said to a guy at a flyin once" nice citabria" he looked at me like he'd stepped in dog sh!t and replied" it's a decathlon thank you ", they can be a bit touchy!

I have since been edumacated!!

 

 

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Guest Chris Spencer-Scarr

Canopy unlatching has caused at least 2 fatal Lancair legacy crashes. The first was after take off at Sun 'n Fun in the US in '09. The caused remained a mystery until amateur photos surfaced taken just after rotate showing the canopy 2 inches ajar.

 

Similarly, in South Africa a pilot had an oil fire in a legacy and opened the canopy to let the smoke out. Lost elevator autority.

 

That said, it depends on aircraft design. Both the legacy and the KR have small horizontal stabs. I have had a tip up pop in an RV (my fault!!!) and it had no effect on the controls.

 

 

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