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Hi Mark,

How fast could the Gull cruise if it cruised with a thinner wing? like with Kess's 503

This 1925 biplane came with interchangeable speedwings that were thinner and shorter for higher cruise speeds. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel_ ... am_powered

The double gull trailer got me wondering,
rc

Hmmmmm. . . . . mm..., I’ve wondered about that too, even though I like cruising at 100-110 when en-route somewhere. This last Saturday was the case in point, where I flew the 45 minutes to the Northwest Vintage Fly-In at Concrete, Washington. Oh what fun! People really enjoy looking at Mark’s cool looking plane, and I forgot and left the GoPro on, candidly recording another 45 minutes of looker’s and landings. At my current cruise speeds, I wouldn’t want to land any faster as 60-65 on short final is about as slow as I dare get. An interesting thing we have with Gull’s is that they will fly much slower with full flaps, lot’s of power, and the nose way up, so high up that if you try to land that way you will smack the tail wheel hard and slam onto the mains and ground. A cushy landing is wheels just touching at about 50 mph in a power-off glide.

Darn, I missed Concrete this year. Our weather was terrible here for days.

Kess, can you give us a short report on what you saw there and how it went?

Riley

alright, calls for a photoshoot with the report. Like their slim hydraulics hangar door..

The nose up landing characteristic certainly strengthens the case for a new box wing gull for me; why hurry and leave a wing on the ground

rc