On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 00:58:48 -0500, "Dudley Henriques"
wrote:


"Roger" wrote in message
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On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 22:33:20 -0500, "Dudley Henriques"
wrote:

With his mechanical flaps that works very well. With my electric flaps
it doesn't. I end up reducing drag and increasing lift which will
actually increase my roll out a bit. (I can be stopped by the time
they are full up)

We had an old V Tail Bo on the line around the Jurassic Period that we used
for charter once in a while.

Your's was that new?

After touchdown, she was pretty well planted unless you brought it in a bit
fast.

Even then those big flaps slow them down in a hurry.
What surprises most people is the light wing loading. About the same
as a Cherokee 180 and about 2# lighter than a Mooney although that
figure varies a lot depending on model and year.

Very stable on landing; in fact, I always liked the way the Bo handled
on landings. Solid as a rock!
My procedure with the Bo was to NOT touch the flaps during the rollout until
the airplane had left the runway, then I'd LOOK at the switch, TOUCH the
switch, REPEAT verbally to myself, "Flaps UP!", THEN I'd raise the flaps.

Ah, yes. Look at it, point at it, Identify it, say it, and THEN do it.
OTOH I'm that way on any retract as all of them except the Bo are
backwards. :-))

Actually, once you get used to the interconnected rudder (ruddervators
on V-tails) and ailerons they are one of the easiest planes to land
out there.


:-))
Dudley

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com