Thanks Mark I am going to do just that and will let you know what the results are. Regards Willie
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 8:55 PM Subject: Re: KR> "Shreg" went off the end of the runway > Willie van der Walt wrote: > >> Today was the 4th flight with "shreg" and it ended in the felt on the >> extended runway. I came in on finals and did a side slip in a 75 degree >> X-wind. The speed was down to 90 mph when I crossed the fence and I was >> about 1m above the runway over the numbers. I was hoping to loose the >> extra 10 mph but no way. < > > I don't claim to be an expert in landing a KR, but I would probably do a > go-around on my short strip if I crossed the fence at 90 mph, and I have > split flaps for drag reduction. If I were you I'd go to altitude and > ascertain the exact stall speed, and come over the fence at something like > 1.2x that speed (which I'm sure you already know), which for me is about > 80mph indicated. My touchdown speed is around 65 mph (true airspeed), and > at about 60 TAS it's done flying in the three point configuration. I think > you'll be OK once you get the speed down and learn how far down the runway > you can stand to go before you need to do a go-around. I do my best to hit > about 50' down from the end of the runway every time. Sometimes I'm going > so slow the tail starts dropping, but a little throttle will straighten it > right back out. > > Wheel landing fans will probably say to wheel land it and get on the brakes > until it's below landing speed and then plant the tail, but there again, it > helps to be going slower on touchdown that it sounds like you were going. > As short as my field is, I can't land without brakes, either way. But then > I'm still experimenting on the best way to land mine... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.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 >
