Margy Natalie wrote:
Newps wrote:



Ron Natalie wrote:

Newps wrote:



Margy Natalie wrote:

Jay Honeck wrote:

Jay, I now know you understand what a really cool airplane is!!




What does the Navion cruise at at 75%? How slow can it go on final
with one person and a half tank of gas?




With the IO-550 ours bops along at 160 kts ground speed quite nicely.

Approach speeds are very much skyhawk-like. I think the Vso is 47
in knots. You gotta be below 87 to even drop the gear.




OK, so it's a little slow in cruise, 10-12 knots less than my 520
powered Bo, but looks like you can land it short. I assume because
it was designed 100 years ago the gear was made to land in rough areas
and you could fly final at about 60 MPH indicated. So 1200 foot
strips shouldn't be a problem?

It's a Navion, it's always been a bit slower than a Bo. It was designed
to land in rough fields and I pull off mid-field on a 3,000' grass strip
without doing a short field landing and not landing anywhere near the
end. I think if I worked at it I could get 800', but I don't work that
hard :-).

Margy
With a 10 knot headwind, and honking the brakes more than I like, I can
get down and off the runway in 380 feet. And actually live to tell about
it! ;-)
Figures are from the extended threshold at Danbury (DXR)RWY26 to the
first exit (Taxiway Bravo).

Now, getting off again with my E-185 engine is another matter altogether.

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