Hey guys I hear BELLY BOARD AND flaps almost interchangeably . Do you have and use both ? On Jan 6, 2016 8:43 AM, "Jeff Scott via KRnet" <krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote:
> > > > > > Phil Matheson wrote: > > >But my reply was meant ask Why you would want to put out your Brake at > high speed. 130 knots. Or even 100 kts. > > Like Mark, sometimes it's not intentional. I always use 10? of flaps on > take off to generate a little extra lift, but sometimes just simply forget > to retract them after take off. Usually I notice either because my engine > temps don't seem right during climb out, or if I'm really obtuse that day, > when I push over into cruise, the plane just seems to hit a wall on speed. > But I have seen speeds in excess of 170 mph with flaps partially extended, > not because I intended to, but because I was distracted by something else > and failed to retract them after take off, then went around and flew a fast > pass down the runway when leaving. Hey, we all make mistakes. At least I > make my fair share of them. As Mark said, you want to engineer your plane > with some leeway for mistakes. > > In another scenario, because of the location of my home airport, > approaches are typically straight in from 6 miles out. If I am already > approaching from that direction, I'm usually coming down from altitude and > cranking along somewhere around 180 - 190 mph IAS. At about 3 miles out, I > want to transition to a stabilized approach. In most traffic patterns, > making your turns from downwind to base and final are great for scrubbing > off excess speed. But with a straight in approach, I'll be throttled back, > but still at high speed. I don't want to pull the nose up enough to scrub > off 100 mph of excess speed, so instead I'll level off at pattern altitude > and deploy about 10? of flaps at something like 140 mph IAS to generate > some drag. The plane will slow down very nicely without ballooning in > altitude. Once I hit 100 mph IAS, I drop the flaps to the full 37?, then > when I see 85 mph IAS, I pitch back over forward on a stabilized approach. > In the space of about 1 mile, I can scrub off 100 mph of excess speed and > set myself up on a nice stable approach. > > -Jeff Scott > Los Alamos, NM > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options >
