Tight patterns?

Cub Driver wrote:

Abeam the
numbers or there abouts I turn base.


Abeam the numbers?

Yep, why not? One sweeping constant bank turn to final from downwind.
At paved runways this is what I practice. It's essentially an engine
out manuver.


What is your altitude, and what is your altitude when you turn final,
and how far down the field do you land?

I don't know, it's all done by sight. You know it when it look right.
I get to midfield downwind at 1000 agl. I always try to be at 1000 agl
at midfield. Speed is 80 mph, flaps 20, power 15 inches. As you turn
base flaps go to 30, turning final they go to 40. No pitch changes that
way. Bank is between 20-30 degrees. You roll wings level as you come
over the numbers or maybe within the first coupla hundred feet at about
50 feet agl, the speed should still be about 75 mph. You know you
nailed it when the bank angle stays constant and you roll out over the
runway.



Would you do the same at my home field, which is 2800 feet long?

My home runway is 3800 feet long with a turnoff where another runway
crosses at 2800 feet. I need to add power to get to the turnoff in a
calm wind. If I am landing on a dirt strip I usually practice landing
as short as possible. This means going out to a mile final and slowing
to 55 mph. I aim for the first 50 feet of the runway. With just me and
40 gallons I can get stopped in 450 feet of total runway used in no wind
at a 5000 foot DA. I don't need no stinkin' Cub.