Serge, 1968 yards is 3904 feet. My friend operates an Aerostar 600 out of less runway..Sounds like a hot approach to me........Bobby
> My apology, Steve! I could not remember whether it was yards, feet, > inches, miles or furlongs. Haven't watched an episode of the Flintstones > for a while, you see! ; - ) > > I was told once that it is never a good idea to blow one of these lines, > 'cause you are going to introduce moisture in the system. Just for that > purpose (showing the inspectors that the connections are OK and the system > does not leak), I made a small valve adapter, so that I can plug the pitot > and static to a either a nbicycle pump, or a syringe. > > Serge > > > > > > "Steve Bray" <rsb...@hotmail.com> > > Envoyé par : krnet-boun...@mylist.net > 02/02/2006 14:50 > Veuillez répondre à KRnet > Remis le : 02/02/2006 14:51 > > > Pour : kr...@mylist.net > cc : (ccc : Serge VIDAL/DNSA/SAGEM) > Objet : KR> test flying > > > > Serge > We cavemen use feet. Is that what you were looking at, your feet? > So you won't think I'm giving you a hard time, I"ll tell of one of my > "Head > up and Locked" > deals. > When I got my VP I hadn't flown in 30 years, needless to say I was > somewhat > apprehensive. > After some refresher/recertification we flew. She and I got along fine but > > on the first flight I noticed that I never got above stall speed, or so > the > ASI said. I disconnected the ASI and blew out the line. > DO NOT DO THIS ! I didn't notice the tee to the ALT ! Alt's don't like > 100 > psi. > Now I didn't have a ASI or ALT.. I found they are both over rated. The VP > will tell you when your going to slow and you can't make it go to fast. > The > less stuff you carry up with you the faster you can go ! In fact loosing > 15 > lbs. of ugly body fat has the same effect as spending $1000 souping up > your > engine. > > Steve Bray > Jackson, Tennessee > > > > >>Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 12:14:51 +0100 >> >>One day, I was practicing landings on a 1800m runway (that's 1968 yards > in >>caveman's units). I was concentrating on accurate control tracking the >>centerline, etc, and I kept the tail up for as long as I could, letting >>the speed decay. When I finally lowered the tail, I suddenly realized I >>was near the runway end. I started applying brakes while passing over the >>white lines! As I hit the runway end, I heard a faint noise and felt a >>slight shock. I stopped safely on the grass about 30 meters past the >>runway end. >> >>The noise and shock were in fact my wing touching one of the runway end >>lights, which were big. Big enough so that if I had hit them with a > wheel, >>I'm fairly sure things would have turned horribly wrong. Judging by the >>tracks in the grass, I could see that I had missed one of those lights by >>a very narrow margin. >> >>Another lesson learnt: don't play with stop distance! Know how much > runway >>is left, never assume there is still plenty. >> >>Serge Vidal >>KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud" >>Paris, France >> >> >> >> >> >> >>"Martindale Family" <johnja...@optusnet.com.au> >> >>Envoyé par : krnet-boun...@mylist.net >>02/02/2006 11:49 >>Veuillez répondre à KRnet >>Remis le : 02/02/2006 11:49 >> >> >> Pour : "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> >> cc : (ccc : Serge VIDAL/DNSA/SAGEM) >> Objet : Re: KR> test flying >> >> >> >>Oh too right...and if there isn't enough rudder authority at low speed > you >> >>can't recover from my experience unless you get the tail wheel planted. >>That's how I hit a taxi light and snapped my prop. It's why I don't like >>mucking around in that critical area of minimium controllability...it's >>groundloop territory.....sorry Colin :-). Keep that throttle gentle both >>power up and down and be ready to pedal. >> >>John >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Brian Kraut" <brian.kr...@engalt.com> >>To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> >>Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 1:24 PM >>Subject: RE: KR> test flying >> >> >> > Oh, and one more thing particularly with a higher powered engine. The >>KR >> > tracks pretty straight on tail up taxii runs, but will dart off if you >> > pull >> > the power back too fast and are not ready on the rudder. >> > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >> >> >>_______________________________________ >>Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >>to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >>please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >> >> >>_______________________________________ >>Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >>to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >>please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
