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Short field in a Mooney
I don't remember going into a field shorter than 2500 feet in my M20J, so don't
really have actual short field experience. Like lots of Mooney jocks though, I plan my touchdown maybe 1000 feet or so before whatever taxiway I'm planning on using, and don't often have to use brakes to make the turn. But here's something I haven't been able to prove one way or the other. Going into a short field, full flaps, touch down with the stall warning going off and sometimes bumping the tail skid, I've never been able to tell if it's better to leave the flaps hanging out and the airplaen light on its wheels in ground effect for a 100 feet or so, depending on aerodynamic drag, or to suck in the flaps late in the flare, getting full weight on the gear sooner so braking is more effective. My own practice is to, when the nose is high and the airplane is about to touch down, to retract the flaps so as to assure it's damn well done flying, and that leads to short runouts, but does anyone know with some level of certainty what's realy the best way to land short (other than keeping the gear retracted, of course.) I appreciate that it's an academic question and that the difference between the two techniques isn't significant. I haven't been able to in a reliable way tell the difference, but to be honest, I don't do heavy breaking unless it's necessary. Thanks |
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