[quote=Edchris177]Vibration/buzz = fatigue, & eventual failure. I would try to get rid of it. Do a search on the Hobie forum. I had nothing to do in Hong Kong one layover & spent several hours reading that forum. One of the Hobie reps posted a detailed precise on the problem, along with an easy fix.
http://www.hobiecat.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=2031
Look on this forum, MAtt Miller posted quite a bit of good Cat knowledge. I don't know how much it would slow you down, but from aeronautical engineering knowledge, the drag goes up on a J curve when you start to vibrate. Cavitation on o prop also drops a very large amount of useful power.
I can't imagine pulling overspeed breakers & trying to get ailerons to buzz. We were taught that you would live quite a bit longer on the early Lears by slowing down a bit. The Boss would never notice, & you stayed out of the zone where they tended to go into a Mach tuck, or shed parts, numerous Lears were lost to that problem.
They used to have a reputation for being fast, but everything else caught up, I think the Citation X is the fastest Biz Jet, nearly Mach .92. We only did .82 in the Airbus 340, & the 777 cruises nicely at .84. They can go faster but fuel costs keep your fingers off the cost index button. We used to run the Lockheed L1011 Tri Star at nearly .88. Of course that is only true airspeed, ground speed is what gets you to the cold beer before last call. My personal best is 710 kts in the 777. We were trueing at 480, & riding a 230 jet right up the pipe crossing Japan, en route Hong Kong Toronto.[/quote]
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