Joa, Keep racticing on the grass. Bob's field at Walker is 1750' grass at 540 ASL and that's where we expect you to be on the 26th for the fly-in/weenie roast.
Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 7:19 AM Subject: Re: Grass Strip Coupe Performance > I just landed and then took off from a 1700' grass/dirt strip at 4000' > elevation the other night (first non paved strip I've been in on!) > Flew in to take a look at a friend's RV-6 he's building. I landed in > about 1/3 of the runway and took off in about 1/2. I was light on > fuel but then again I weigh 260#. > > My "normal" runway is over 7000' feet long so this was quite a change > :) On this runway when the tower is closed and the traffic > nonexistent I like to come down and flare and give it just enough > power to stay in ground effect and then go down the runway this way > while practicing staying in the center. Lots of fun and good for the > skills. Plus it makes me think I'm in a WIG (wing in ground-effect > vehicle.) > > If it were me I would feel pretty nervous flying out of a 1400' field > unless the conditions were just perfect but heh, to each his own. > > I think there was a pretty good thread on Coupe takeoff and landing > performance a while ago. You might check the archives. > > Joa > C-85 415G > > Oh, anybody flew into Quincy, CA? I'm heading there tomorrow eve and > was wondering what the conditions are like. I know on the map there's > lots of real tight mtns.
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