South Burlington, VT
- Aircraft Year
- 1978 580
- Aircraft Type
- Super Commander
- Reg Number
- N555LP
- Serial Number
- 14405
Re: SuperStream
Hi All,
Based on 38 airplanes thus far, we can say the SuperStream gain does vary ship to ship, within a realm of 5 to 10 KTAS, and usually somewhat with altitude for any given ship, with maximum gain typically right in the old sweet spot of 6-9,000 MSL. An also, I can confirm the top of the gain class is usually the ships that arrive exhibiting noticeable down elevator in cruise, let's say tip offsets of 3/8" or more.
When we do a full empennage job at Aerodyme, we are able to correct both deflection bias and the "twist" that does, in fact, exist on many Commanders, causing the elevators to impart a roll to the ship which has been previously corrected by opposite rigging the flaps if the plane is, in fact, flying straight at the moment.
Happy New Year All!
Jim
Hi All,
Based on 38 airplanes thus far, we can say the SuperStream gain does vary ship to ship, within a realm of 5 to 10 KTAS, and usually somewhat with altitude for any given ship, with maximum gain typically right in the old sweet spot of 6-9,000 MSL. An also, I can confirm the top of the gain class is usually the ships that arrive exhibiting noticeable down elevator in cruise, let's say tip offsets of 3/8" or more.
When we do a full empennage job at Aerodyme, we are able to correct both deflection bias and the "twist" that does, in fact, exist on many Commanders, causing the elevators to impart a roll to the ship which has been previously corrected by opposite rigging the flaps if the plane is, in fact, flying straight at the moment.
Happy New Year All!
Jim