mike furline wrote:
Looking at Frasca's Spit, there must be nearly "zero" prop clearance when up on the mains.
Mike
It's not much on that Spit for sure.
With a 24D50 on a 51 it's a bit under 8 inches on the mains level. The Bearcat on takeoff will nail the tips if you use ANY forward stick past neutral.
I used to do a roll on takeoff in the Mustang that required some extra airspeed and holding the airplane down a bit longer than usual during the ground run. Aside from the light fuel load I carried when this was included in the routine, I always made sure the main gear struts were showing the right amount of clean metal during the preflight
Even doing this, you don't want to get that stick too far forward.
The Bearcat is a 3 point takeoff. If you manage to get all the power in before it breaks ground you're about right in the Bear
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Dudley Henriques
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