Flaps on take-off and landing

The Super Decathlon I flew for aerobatic lessons (a taildragger) has
excellent over the nose visibility on the ground...better than my tripacer.
I had a hard time levelling out at altitude because the view was almost too
good. I kept unconsciously trying to get the same sight picture I was used
to in my TP.

mike

"Marty Shapiro" wrote in message
True for tail draggers, but in a tricycle gear aircraft you have an
excellent view of the runway.



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"mike regish" wrote in message
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The Super Decathlon I flew for aerobatic lessons (a taildragger) has
excellent over the nose visibility on the ground...better than my
tripacer.
I had a hard time levelling out at altitude because the view was almost
too
good. I kept unconsciously trying to get the same sight picture I was used
to in my TP.

mike

Mike, in case you didn't know:

1) Billy sold the Decathlon and bought an Extra-200.

2) He got married last weekend.

Tell him congratulations for me.

Will he be giving lessons in the Extra 200? I might have to save a few bucks
up to try that baby.

mike

"Steve Foley" wrote in message
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"mike regish" wrote in message
. ..
The Super Decathlon I flew for aerobatic lessons (a taildragger) has
excellent over the nose visibility on the ground...better than my
tripacer.
I had a hard time levelling out at altitude because the view was almost
too
good. I kept unconsciously trying to get the same sight picture I was
used
to in my TP.

mike

Mike, in case you didn't know:

1) Billy sold the Decathlon and bought an Extra-200.

2) He got married last weekend.

On 2006-09-18, mike regish wrote:
The Super Decathlon I flew for aerobatic lessons (a taildragger) has
excellent over the nose visibility on the ground...better than my tripacer.

The Tripacer, however, is notable for having terrible over the nose
visibility. I have to sit on a booster cushion to get anything like
adequate forward visibility in a Tripacer! Same thing goes for the
Cherokee Six - with the slightly tail down attitude it has on the ground
and the unfeasably large conk, I get better forward visibility when
taxiing most taildraggers compared to taxiing a Cherokee Six.

The Decathalon is about normal for over the nose visibility in the air
and better than the average taildragger on the ground. (The Cessna 170
is the best taildragger for forward vis on the ground - better than most
nosewheel planes thanks to a high seating position)

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Some of that depends on the panel the TP has. Mine doesn't have the hump in
the middle, so it's not really that bad.

mike

"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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The Tripacer, however, is notable for having terrible over the nose
visibility. I have to sit on a booster cushion to get anything like
adequate forward visibility in a Tripacer!

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:53:43 -0400, "mike regish"
wrote:

The Super Decathlon I flew for aerobatic lessons (a taildragger) has
excellent over the nose visibility on the ground...better than my tripacer.
I had a hard time levelling out at altitude because the view was almost too
good. I kept unconsciously trying to get the same sight picture I was used
to in my TP.

When I let Cherokee and 172 pilots fly the Deb we end up constantly
climbing. That is after we get rid of the PIO.:-))

mike

"Marty Shapiro" wrote in message
True for tail draggers, but in a tricycle gear aircraft you have an
excellent view of the runway.



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Marty Shapiro
Silicon Rallye Inc.

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