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My name is Brad and I've been listening in on things for awhile. I had
a few questions about my new plane that I thought you guys might be
able to help me with.

It was completed in 2001 by John Fickler in Florida, has an 0-320 and
seems to be well built. I have about 15 hours in it with the former
owner and with an instructor and am slowly getting the hang of tail
dragger flying.

My questions:

The former owner disconnected the Flaperon control so that when you
lower the flaps there is no deflection of the ailerons. The plane
obviously has a higher stall speed and to me seems hard to really get
it set on a nice approach speed. We are flying final at 70mph and then
65 over the threshold. My instructor is all for leaving things the way
it is while I am learning the plane, but I can't help but think the
plane may behave way better with them connected. What do you guys
think?

Also, the flaps seem to have alot of play in them. Some seems to come
from how the linkage is bolted to the sheet metal above the doors. With
the flaps down as you move the flaps up and down with your hand there
is probably 3 inches of travel and no hard end point. Also the sheet
metal above the door flexes as does the vertical support. Is there
something missing there? It just doesn't seem right.

Thanks for your help,
Brad




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My name is Brad and I've been listening in on things for awhile. I had
a few questions about my new plane that I thought you guys might be
able to help me with.

It was completed in 2001 by John Fickler in Florida, has an 0-320 and
seems to be well built. I have about 15 hours in it with the former
owner and with an instructor and am slowly getting the hang of tail
dragger flying.

My questions:

The former owner disconnected the Flaperon control so that when you
lower the flaps there is no deflection of the ailerons. The plane
obviously has a higher stall speed and to me seems hard to really get
it set on a nice approach speed. We are flying final at 70mph and then
65 over the threshold. My instructor is all for leaving things the way
it is while I am learning the plane, but I can't help but think the
plane may behave way better with them connected. What do you guys
think?

Also, the flaps seem to have alot of play in them. Some seems to come
from how the linkage is bolted to the sheet metal above the doors. With
the flaps down as you move the flaps up and down with your hand there
is probably 3 inches of travel and no hard end point. Also the sheet
metal above the door flexes as does the vertical support. Is there
something missing there? It just doesn't seem right.

Thanks for your help,
Brad




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