On Aug 2, 2:15*pm, BobW wrote:
As for the rollout, how many 1-26 drivers
routinely roll no more than 300 feet on a hard surface after touchdown? (And
how long does your skid plate last?)

I haven't flown one of those in anger, but most of my genuine landouts
have been in a PW5.

I always pace out the distances afterwards. The usual figures are
about 30 paces from a standard cattle farm fence to the main wheel
touchdown point, and another 30 paces to the point where I'm stopped.

If I call the paces 1m each then that's 200 feet -- from the fence,
not from touchdown.

Most of the rest of my landouts were in a Club Libelle. I'd say the
distances were quite similar. It, of course, has speed limiting
trailing edge airbrakes, which also have enough flap effect to lower
the stall by ~5 knots.


IMHO, large deflection landing flaps on gliders are the best kept sailplane
secret in the last half century.

I'd love to have some! But the trailing edge brakes as on the Club
Libelle, Hornet, Mosquito and I think also the Mini Nimbus and early
Ventus seem to give most of the same benefits, plus some extra ones.