High wing to low wing converts...or, visa versa?

jsmith wrote:
Check the C172 manual under EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.
Some models contain a caution/warning against slipping with 30 degrees
of flaps.

I'm quite sure newps knows that and was making the point that a caution/warning
does not a prohibition make.

Matt Barrow wrote:

"xyzzy" wrote in message
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PaulaJay1 wrote:


I like the 2 doors better but don't think that is a high/low wing

question.

Actually it is, most low-wings have only one door because they don't
want to spend the money and weight to reinforce a wing-walk on both wings.


I think the only two door low wing (other than the newer models) is the
Commander 112/114/115, right?



Some Musketeers have it too, I believe.

Hilton wrote:

I think the only way to do this experiment properly would be to move the
wings on a specific plane, but the FBO might not like it.

Yeah, FBOs don't have much of a sense of humor about that kind of stuff,
do they?

Matt Whiting wrote:

xyzzy wrote:


Better sightseeing in a low-wing plane.


I feel just the opposite. Unless you are star gazing, it is much easier
to see the ground in a high-wing and much easier to take pictures. I
had a heck of a time taking pictures of my house in the Arrow.

Matt

You're right, I typed it wrong.

The other qualities a Stearman has more than compensate for its visibility
problem! In the Pitts it doesn't really matter becuase it moves so fast
than anything that's blanked by a wing now will become very visible in just
a second...

Shawn :-)

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:ekEHd.15250$OF5.2830@attbi_s52...
Try it in a biplane. Damn near everything is invisible then!

Yeah, in my whopping 0.6 hours of biplane time (a Stearman), I was
surprised to find that visibility really sucked.

I expected to see more from an open-cockpit, I guess -- not less.

Still, it was a gas to fly!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

In rec.aviation.owning jsmith wrote:
: To descend, reduce power (or set down trim if you can stay out of the
: yellow arc with power) and readjust rudder trim.

Why would you want to stay out of the yellow arc if the air is smooth?
The yellow arc is my target in the descent!
--
Aaron C.

TRIM!!!
TRIM!!!
TRIM!!!
The 182 (and other such aircraft) are flown with trim controls.

I know. But Mary didn't.

Our Pathfinder (essentially a Piper Skylane, with the wing on the right
side) is not quite so trim-dependent, but proper trim sure makes everything
easier.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Matt Barrow wrote:
"Jack Allison" wrote in message
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Dudley Henriques wrote:

Hi Jack;
(Bet nobody says hello to you walking up the steps to get on an airliner
do they :-)

Groan...If I had a dollar for every time I've heard that one. Certainly
would get a more interesting response in the post-911 days, eh? :-)
No, it's "Hello Jack", "Hey, Jack, hows it going"...er, something like
that. I prefer to avoid the TSA cavity search just because someone says
"Hi Jack" at an airport...though, that's not much of a problem since I
don't fly commercially all that much.


The whole thing about high wings and low wings is WAY over done.

Yep, sort of like the proverbial Ford/Chevy debate.


Not really...Chevy's suck!!



Yep, suck them into the radiator and spit them out the tail pipe. :-)

Like we say here in rural PA, "on a quiet night you can hear a Ford rust."

Matt

Jay Honeck wrote:

I'm only 5' 2" and need 2" cushions to see over the cowling and to
reach the pedals in both high wings (150/152/172/177, Champ) and low
wing (Tiger). I don't recall ever losing sight of the runway turning
base to final either.


Interesting. When I fly a high wing, the runway always disappears in
turns. (I'm 6' tall.)

Where does the runway go when you are turning? :-) I've never come
across a runway that can disappear like that.

Matt

Jay Honeck wrote:

I also prefer the vernier controls to the quadrant controls in the Piper.


Isn't that odd? I find vernier controls annoying in the extreme.

"To each, his own..."

I agree. Well, for VFR flying, I don't see much difference, but for
instrument approaches, I really like being able to dial in just a little
throttle. The Arrow is hard to adjust in less than about 1" of MP
increments. I could adjust my 182 much more precisely.



Matt