Mike KSEE wrote: > - landing it with the correct > angle of attack - puts my tailwheel way down there where it hits the > ground well before the mains. Ugly.
That's essentially how I land mine, although I usually manage to hit mains and tail at the same time, but maybe 25% of the time the tailwheel hits a little first. People that've flown with me probably call it "ugly" as well! But it's done flying and is the safest way to land on a short strip. You're going as slow as possible and as long as you put it on the end of the runway, you're going to mimimize the amount of runway you burn up in the landing. As was mentioned eariler, speed control on final is critical, but that's manageable with a slip or a little extra power if needed. Maybe that's what my split flaps buy me, but for my plane (and presumably taildragger KR2S's that are built in a similar fashion), I've determined it's the best way to land on my short strip. If I had 5000' x 100' wide to dally around with, I might have a different opinion, but I don't. And most folks will testify that I'm not much of a pilot... Mark Langford n5...@hiwaay.net website www.n56ml.com
