Welcome back, Keith !
Glad to hear you're getting some flying in -
the Champ can be a lot of fun - started on 65 Champs in
1957. Picked up the first 95 hp Champ in Canada for the
the flying club, in 1959 - THAT was luxury - electrics, and
a starter, and a real HEATER !!! :-)
Been towing gliders with 150 and 180 hp Super Cubs since
the early '70s - probably the best towplane out here, for
performance & flying qualities (not necessarily for pilot
comfort, though ... ;-) ) In terms of handling and
safety the Rebel wins hands down - it hasn't a mean bone in
its body !! :-) The Cub can get a bit nasty if you're
too slow and a bit rough with it - it will bite. Also,
it can be hard to get a good landing without a skip or
2, especially after towing for a couple of hours ...
that's how I knew it was time for a break !
Pierre's Ultimate Rebel, with the Fife Hoerner tips,
McKenzie STOL cuffs & fences, and NWA VGs, .... plus the
polished, ported, balanced XP-360 (195 hp !!) is THE nicest
Rebel I've flown. I saw 2,100 fpm climb in the August heat,
and it would climb almost as steep as you wanted to pull !!
At 46 mph, it was still going up over 1500 fpm, and if you pulled
harder, it just nodded & kept going. The angle is so
extreme, you really want to hang onto something ! :-)
(See pics & video in the archives ...)
His empty C of G is somewhere around the 13" mark.
The landings are so slow & gentle that you almost need
the old Ace McCool "Have landed" sign ! :-)
In several spin tests, it would only stay in about
1 turn or less, then it turned into a gentle, nodding
turn at 40 - 42 mph, with the stick all the way back,
full rudder, and full opposite aileron, - same reaction
both left and right ! Such a pussycat !
Just relax on the stick, and you're flying again.
Of course, it flies hands off in level flight.
The original Prince prop was too fine, and it now
has one 3" coarser - hit it right this time ! It will
do about 143 mph straight & level, at 2,700 rpm - and
about 13 - 14 gph. This still gives a solid 1,800 fpm
climb .... Can't wait to try it on the Murphy 1800
amphibs that are painted up, in the shop, waiting for
spring.
The instructor I flew with in 1957 is still active, and
has flown several Rebels. So far, he was not really excited
about them (some were a bit rough ...) - but he LIKES this
one !! ;-) :-)
You're going to love your Rebel !
Keep rivetting, it IS worth it !! :-)
......bobp
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On Wednesday 21 December 2005 02:42 pm, Keith Leitch wrote:
Been inactive for over a year due to a military
transfer but am back up and about to start my wings.
Bob, how do think the Rebel with the cuffs and Daves
tips compares to a moderately set up Super cub? I have
Daves tip and will install them when I get to that
point. I have also talked to Angus about his cuffs and
will probably install them also.
I bought a 7AC Champ this summer to get some tail
wheel time in. It is converted to a CCM I believe as
it as a 0-235. I was having a ball flying it until I
had to come back to Hawaii.
--- Bob Patterson <
beep@sympatico.ca> wrote:
Hi Rick !
There's some stuff in the archives - this year -
on this subject.
The short answer is - just barely ! ;-) It's hard
to get it to
spin, you have to hold it in, and, with the right c
of g, it turns
into a gentle, nodding turn at less than 40 mph -
could be a very
safe way to come down through cloud. Or ... you can
just pull the
power, pull the stick right back slowly, and wait -
it'll just nod on
down gently, perfectly stable, at a very low speed
!!
After test flying Pierre's this summer, I'm
convinced that the
Rebel, set up that way, (cuffs & tips) has got to be
one of the safest,
best performing airplanes out there !
.....bobp
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On Wednesday 21 December 2005 07:54 am, Rick Harper
wrote:
G'day Everyone !!!
Does ANYONE know how our Rebels behave in a
SPIN Test - with leading
edge cuffs on the wings ?????
(doing a bit of research "down here"
MERRY CHRISSY everyone !!!
From Rick & Wendy Harper
541R
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Hepburn
To:
rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: Rudder fairleads
Mike, on going through these bulkheads, yes you
do. I liked somebody's
idea
about using a laser pointer and a plastic dummy
bulkhead to align the
holes,
but I had the permaent bulkhead already in place
before I takled this
problem. There's no perfect alignment, beacuse
movement of the rudder
horn
attach point means that the cable is always
going to be dragging
sideways on
the most aft fairlead at some point in its
travel, unless the holes in
the
bulkhead and fuselage side are enormous. I
actually wound up placing a
fairlead at the aft end of the slot through the
fuselage skin to keep
things
aligned. I'd prefer less fairleads as there's
quite a bit of drag in
the
system, especially with water rudders added.
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