JJS wrote:
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Matt Whiting wrote:

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Often when flying Pipers I know slowly "pump" the controls during the
flare. One of the aviation columnists recently wrote about using this
technique and the advantages of it. I never needed it much in my 182 as I
could gradually pull back the wheel in it. The Arrow isn't nearly as
smooth and a low amplitude, high frequency "pumping" of the wheel tends to
allow smoother arrivals at closer to stall speed.


Matt


Okay, survey time. We have a lot of Piper pilots on the newsgroups. How
many of you find it necessary to "pump the yoke"to get a smooth low speed
landing? I'll go first... not me. Is something wrong with my airplane or
just every other Piper in the world?

I've flown four different Pipers, a Tomahawk, where I didn't notice
excessive stiction. It was very light on the controls, much like the
C150s I learned in.

I've flown two different Cherokee 180s. Both had substantial stiction,
but both were hard used FBO aircraft. My instructor sprayed some
silicon on it one time as it was so bad. This helped for a few hours,
but was short-lived.

I currently fly a Piper Arrow. It has excessive stiction. I don't know
how often the column gets lubed. I'll ask our maintenance officer at
our next club meeting.

Matt