Sorry Chris, Again i'm fairly inebt. I am pretty sure the plane being a machine knows when it has what it needs to be happy. Transferring that to a language and Quanity that I can understand and repeat is the real trick that we are talking about here. The instrument of choice is the airspeed indicator and a pilot can name his poison from there-- Indicated, calibrated, true corrected for temp and altitude. No, Gps is not airspeed but still usefull if that is what you choose to work with. Maybe I can be "The Plane wisperer" and she will tell me instead. Also to stick with the original thread... My KR would have a tough time landing or taking off on 1200'. A few years ago our runway was rebuilt in stages. We were allowed to land first on a shortened stretch of runway (about 1800') and then on the new narrow taxiway. I practiced for weeks in preperation. Landing the taxiway was a hoot. The short runway was a bit more intimindating As there really was not any decent runoff. The other thing about this and I don't think anyone asked about the 1200' strip. I didn't have any obsticles. If the 1200 has obsticles at either end it will be a great feat once and repeated times nothing short of heroic. IMHO
Joe Horton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Prata via KRnet" <krnet at list.krnet.org> To: krnet at list.krnet.org Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 2:06:43 PM Subject: Re: KR> Touchdown speed The ONLY speed the plane knows or is affected by, for purposes of flying, stalling, control, aerodynamics, is actual AIRSPEED. Period.
