Bonanza (A36) Approach Speeds

On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:58:04 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

Any other Bonanza pilots have thoughts on Approach Speeds?

Eckelbar posits 105 knots. I've tried it and it works, but is a
handful to reconfigure and slow down in time for a more reasonable 75
KIAS final approach speed.

Dick Collins recommends flying approaches fast ("the runways are
usually long..")


Check with the ABS on this and a quick phone call should suffice. They
have some good advise.
They do say that *most* Bo pilots land far too fast. With 10 hours of
class room (ground school) they drilled into us we would NOT be
landing too fast.:-)) You should have heard the complaints when we
were informed we'd be calculating the approach and departure speeds
(for VFR) based on aircraft weights and flying those within a couple
MPH/knots. Most of those pilots had never landed that slow let alone
come down final at that speed. :-)) We did short filed landings and
takeoffs at book speeds which is a really steep and slow final
carrying lots of power. Then we did the notably faster power off
landings. They didn't have us do any no flap landings which are a
real education in nose high, float forever, use a lot of runway
exercises.

105 is what they had me flying the ILS in the Deb/F33 at Columbus.
As the foggles/break out did not come off until the MM (200 feet) the
reconfiguration was rather short and quick.

Yes, it is a hand full to reconfigure (retrim) while going full flaps.
If the 36 is like the 33 with trim it's dependent on air speed, not
flap settings which means a lot of retrimming from the 105 down to
about 70 in the roundout.

The Deb/33 does not change pitch or trim with changes in flap
settings, but small changes in speed in the 70 to 105 knot range
require substantial trim changes.

Roger (K8RI)

Thoughts?