If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
flaps again
On 3 Jan, 09:16, "Ken S. Tucker" wrote:
On Jan 2, 9:15 pm, wrote: On Jan 2, 4:35 pm, Michael wrote: Which brings us to the one (and only) difference between landing flaps up and gear up. *Gear up is expensive, every time. *Flaps up is actually more likely to be fatal (as in, you get too slow in a turn) but most of the time it costs nothing at all except some extra runway, which is free. *That's it. * * * * *Unless you are landing on a minimal runway, as we often do out here in the Canadian west. An inadvertent flaps-up landing can get really messy at the far end, depending on the obstacles that might be there. Not really, you just need to learn how to land better, making use of flare and ground effect. Landing with zero flaps, needs a tricky extended flare and once the tires are on the runway, keep the nose up, with pitch control to the elevator, that way the entire main wing operates as an air brake. Be very gentle on wheel braking control because that will lower the nose, and you want the nose as high as possible, while rolling. Once the nose falls, it's hard to get it up because of the relation of the CM to the wheel contact point on the ground. At a high AOA, the CM is pretty close to the vertical location of the wheel contact point, and the elevator is effective. The key is to understand the wheel contact point in relation to the CM. Most A/C with tricycle gear are designed to keep the weight on the mains and keep the forward lightly loaded. Ken Good grief. Bertie |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
flaps again | Kobra | Piloting | 107 | January 5th 08 04:31 PM |
flaps | Kobra[_4_] | Piloting | 84 | July 16th 07 06:16 PM |
flaps | Kobra[_4_] | Owning | 85 | July 16th 07 06:16 PM |
Cowl Flaps | N114RW | Home Built | 0 | June 27th 07 09:25 PM |
FLAPS | skysailor | Soaring | 36 | September 7th 05 05:28 AM |