Serge We cavemen use feet. Is that what you were looking at, your feet? So you won't think I'm giving you a hard time, I"ll tell of one of my "Head up and Locked" deals. When I got my VP I hadn't flown in 30 years, needless to say I was somewhat apprehensive. After some refresher/recertification we flew. She and I got along fine but on the first flight I noticed that I never got above stall speed, or so the ASI said. I disconnected the ASI and blew out the line. DO NOT DO THIS ! I didn't notice the tee to the ALT ! Alt's don't like 100 psi. Now I didn't have a ASI or ALT.. I found they are both over rated. The VP will tell you when your going to slow and you can't make it go to fast. The less stuff you carry up with you the faster you can go ! In fact loosing 15 lbs. of ugly body fat has the same effect as spending $1000 souping up your engine.
Steve Bray Jackson, Tennessee >Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 12:14:51 +0100 > >One day, I was practicing landings on a 1800m runway (that's 1968 yards in >caveman's units). I was concentrating on accurate control tracking the >centerline, etc, and I kept the tail up for as long as I could, letting >the speed decay. When I finally lowered the tail, I suddenly realized I >was near the runway end. I started applying brakes while passing over the >white lines! As I hit the runway end, I heard a faint noise and felt a >slight shock. I stopped safely on the grass about 30 meters past the >runway end. > >The noise and shock were in fact my wing touching one of the runway end >lights, which were big. Big enough so that if I had hit them with a wheel, >I'm fairly sure things would have turned horribly wrong. Judging by the >tracks in the grass, I could see that I had missed one of those lights by >a very narrow margin. > >Another lesson learnt: don't play with stop distance! Know how much runway >is left, never assume there is still plenty. > >Serge Vidal >KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud" >Paris, France > > > > > > >"Martindale Family" <johnja...@optusnet.com.au> > >Envoyé par : krnet-boun...@mylist.net >02/02/2006 11:49 >Veuillez répondre à KRnet >Remis le : 02/02/2006 11:49 > > > Pour : "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > cc : (ccc : Serge VIDAL/DNSA/SAGEM) > Objet : Re: KR> test flying > > > >Oh too right...and if there isn't enough rudder authority at low speed you > >can't recover from my experience unless you get the tail wheel planted. >That's how I hit a taxi light and snapped my prop. It's why I don't like >mucking around in that critical area of minimium controllability...it's >groundloop territory.....sorry Colin :-). Keep that throttle gentle both >power up and down and be ready to pedal. > >John > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Brian Kraut" <brian.kr...@engalt.com> >To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> >Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 1:24 PM >Subject: RE: KR> test flying > > > > Oh, and one more thing particularly with a higher powered engine. The >KR > > tracks pretty straight on tail up taxii runs, but will dart off if you > > pull > > the power back too fast and are not ready on the rudder. > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > >_______________________________________ >Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > >_______________________________________ >Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
