"Stealth Pilot" wrote in message
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the wings stop an aircraft more effectively than tiny brake pucks.
thats why 3 pointing it achieves the shortest landing.
the actual landing speed is lower and the wing is generating lotsa
induced drag on the backside of the performance curve.

I dont believe that getting rid of flaps shortens the landing.

My _experience_ has been that brakes slow you down faster than floating
along the runway waiting for a three point.

Get to the end of the runway at a reasonably slow speed, plant the mains,
use the brakes, and you will be stopped before you pass the numbers.

I am told, by someone who flew them for a living, that the shortest way to
stop a DC3 is wheel land, yoke FORWARD to put the tail up and generate
negitive lift to drive the mains down against the runway, and use lots of
brakes.

Of course, with tricycle gear, you don't have this sort of option.

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