Allen

You guys are pussies G

Used to pitch off the deck at 250+ MPH. Hard pull up in climbing turn
with throttle going to idle and drop gear and flaps when airspeed
below limit speed. Continue turn down to final and touch down under 30
seconds with that Merlin poppety popping all the way. G

Big John
Pilot ROCAF


On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 12:04:06 -0800, A Lieberman
wrote:

Newps wrote:

Again flawed reasoning. Nobody that is all alone in the pattern flies a
7 minute pattern.

Actually, to me a 7 minute pattern sounds reasonable IF a person runs a
1000 foot AGL pattern in a typical Cessna as follows in a touch and go
in a no wind situation. (numbers would be approximate based on my
experiences)

Climbout 1 1/2 minutes (climb to 800 AGL at 500 feet per minute)
Crosswind 1/4 minute (climb to 900 AGL)
Downwind (Climb to 1000 AGL, level off, pick up speed) 3/4 minute
Abeam the numbers (throttle back start descent) 1/2 minute
Base 1/4 minute
Final 3/4 minute
Touchdown to clearing the length of the runway and getting back to 800
AGL (assuming 4500 foot runway or so) 2 minutes.

The above adds up to 6 minutes. Add in a little wind, and the headwind
component would add time to the leg that is in the headwind (crosswind,
base or final).

Now throw in a 800 foot pattern, then maybe knock off a minute, but I
don't run 800 foot patterns that I have seen others do. All airports I
have been had 1000 TPA

Looking at my log book, the above would consistent for when I did 10
touch and goes in 1.3 hours.

Allen