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![]() 90-100 on the approach, when landing decision is made, pull the power and glide to the runway. In a Cherokee you'll be at touchdown speed at the Fixed Distance Marker, or damn near to it, with one notch of flaps. On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:14:57 -0800 (PST), " wrote: On Jan 17, 1:59 pm, "Barry" wrote: Applying full flaps when the runway is in sight seems to introduce overly complex reactions at the most critical phase of flight (low and slow). I think it's more important to stay stabilized on the approach while still in the clouds and on instruments - I don't want to change speed or configuration until I'm visual. Then the choices a 90 KIAS with approach flaps is nice and stable. 1) Full flaps at 1.3 Vs, stabilized all the way to the flare as a large airplane would - but that would mean 65 knots or so in a Cherokee 2) Full flaps at 90 or 100 knots - which would require a lot of power and be much different from all other phase of flight 3) No (or partial) flaps at 90 or 100 knots - my preference. Barry 90-100 knots to land? In a Cherokee? The NTSB reports are rife with airplanes wrecked after skidding off runways after touching down too fast (and there are probably 2x as many wrecked that the NTSB doesn't hear about). Landing too fast results in all sorts of bad endings. 1.3 x Vs1 fpr landing works every time, all the time. Add whatever for gusts and you don't have to change techniques, IFR or VFR. Dan |
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