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We Fly: CubCrafters NXCub

Flying Magazine

There are gap seals between the elevator and horizontal stabilizer, and the rudder and vertical stabilizer. We found a flaps up, power-off stall speed of 47 mph indicated airspeed, and full-flap stall speed of 42 mph indicated. gph; at 65 percent power the TAS was 140 mph and fuel burn was 11.7

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Split-S Decision

Plane and Pilot

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. Flutter is a dangerous, complex, dynamic aeroelastic phenomenon dependent on true airspeed. The pilot died instantly. Nevertheless, the NTSB is clear.

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Split-S Decision

Plane and Pilot

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. Flutter is a dangerous, complex, dynamic aeroelastic phenomenon dependent on true airspeed. The pilot died instantly. Nevertheless, the NTSB is clear.