"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk @See My Sig.com wrote in
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"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.

True, but you don't float if you want to land wiht little roll. Much of
your flare would have been accomplishded before you cross the fence.

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.

True. I've flown DC 3s for a living and the reason you wheel it on is to
avoid blanking of the stab, though.
There's ample brake available to nose it over from three point, though,
so generating negative lift to plant the mains more firmly would
accompish nothing.


Bertie