Like I said. It is what you are comfortable with. there are arguments both ways. On a tail wheel plane the tail is coming down anyway you will lose site,for me I always do it early
--- Colin Rainey <brokerpi...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Please do not say there are NO differences between > landing 3 point and wheel > landing. THAT is just not true! > > In your experience you may not have had any > difference show itself, but do > not lead some pilots who are looking to this list > for guidance to believe > that landing 3 point is as easy and should be done > regardless of wind > conditions. If it was not different, it would not be > taught that way! > > Fact: whan it is windy, and landing a TAILWHEEL > airplane, due to the length > of the gear (mains to tailwheel) there is additional > leverage gained by the > wind to cause the tailwheel airplane to try to > ground loop vs. the tri-gear. > The landing attitude of any airplane taildown puts > the plane closer to the > backside of the power curve, which is an area of > LESS positive control. > Since crosswinds tend to cause more control issues, > worsened if they are > variable, this is not the place to be during a > landing. By wheel landing, > the pilot sees much more of the runway allowing for > subtle changes in > alignment to be seen sooner, and smooth corrections > made. If the nose is in > the way, only your peripheral vision can help you > and you must judge from > the distance seen to the edge. > > That kind of logic is out there, but I have always > disagreed with it: you > can do a short field landing two ways; nose high > behind the power curve like > a bush pilot, or nose down, with full flaps early > and good power control and > technique. Difference: the nose high will NOT make > the runway if he has a > power failure; the nose down pilot will. > > Same with nose high 3 point when it would be best to > wheel land and roll out > alittle longer: if all goes well, great; if a sudden > gust comes up, and the > pilot does not have the experience to correct, off > the runway he goes or > ground loop. If you don't have to land at minimums > why do so? Build in all > the fudge factor that you can. That is where the > phrase came from, "the last > notch of flaps comes in once you have made the > fence". > > I HAVE landed a KR2 in 20 knot 45 degree crosswinds > gusting to 35 knots and > variable. I wheel landed at 90 mph approach, 85 > short final, and was safe > all the way, with full control. I would NEVER have > considered a 3 point > landing in that wind.... (and I did 10 circuits that > day). > > Colin Rainey > Independent Loan Officer > Branch 2375 > Apex Mortgage Company > 386.615.3388 Office > 407.739.0834 Cell > 407.557.3260 Fax > brokerpi...@bellsouth.net > > _______________________________________ > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
