Lee,
Electric would be the way to go. On the JT2, the flap handle is on the left, which is the lexan-enclosed side of the cockpit. Entry door is on the right. One notch of flaps is easy, and getting to the second notch on base or final is manageable at 60-65 mph. The effort and shoulder angle to engage the holes in the control plate for 30 degrees or 40 degrees was very difficult for me. I really needed to slow to 55 or a little less. Even then it was a struggle with me trying to engage the flaps with my left hand, trying to maintain a decent glide path and directional control with my right hand and trying how to figure out how to adjust the throttle on the left side while wrestling with the flap handle. That's why I seldom used more than 20 degrees of flap.
The good news is that aside from the flaps, the JT2 is a very easy plane to fly. It lands just fine with no flaps, or 10 degrees or 20 degrees. You just can't do the steep, slow approaches that Mark dazzles airshow spectators with. Those approaches take 40 degrees. The one or two I ever managed were fun. But the dozens that I botched trying to get into the bottom holes were not pretty. However, you actually can do a go-around with 30 degrees of flaps if you don't yank the nose too high.
Dick O'Reilly
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From: Kess Blaswich <
kessb@wavecable.com>
To:
Earthstar_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Earthstar_Aircraft] Gull2000 Anatomy photos
Er, the flap handle is on the right. On my Gull 2000 it feels easy to
reach, but on my hangar partner’s Titan I that he had, it was awkward, so
awkward, and with his shoulder arthritis he installed an electric conversion
upgrade. Since the Titan I is a modified copy of the JT2, the flap may be a bit
more difficult on the JT2 than on the 2000. Hopes this helps, come sit in mine
at Arlington this year, it will be parked near Mark’s e-Gull.
From: Lee Wachs
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 3:33 PM
To:
Earthstar_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Earthstar_Aircraft] Gull2000 Anatomy
photos
Dear group; i think my inquiry got lost in the HKS flurry.
> Keeping in
mind i have never seen any Earthstar in the Flesh [probably at Oshkosh or
Arlington many years ago that i don't recall] the pictures clearly show what
appears to be the flap handle overhead to the pilots right.Since i am severely
arthritic having had both knees and hips replaced and they want to do my
shoulders as well[which i refused] and i have great! difficulty reaching the top
shelf of a freezer on the bottom refrigerator; any thoughts if that arm were
lower, would it be an impediment or to distracting?
Thanks;Lee ,the
un-lubricated Tin man
>
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