Scott Black wrote: > The other advantage to flaps on many tailwheel airplanes is that it allows > the airplane to actually stall in the 3 pt attitude.
Excellent point, and I've had to relearn how to land my plane since I doubled my flap deflection angle. Just ask Jeff Lange, who was onboard for my third landing since that mod! Despite those screwups, I now grease a lot more landings, and it's funny how what used to be minimum speed has now become "too hot". That reminds me that speed control is everything in the world of landing KRs. Trying to force it down on a short runway is never a good idea, but when you arrive at the right speed, you're done flying and it's a total non-event. Folks who are considering flying into a short "one-way" field with trees on the far end are advised that landing distance is easily double or triple the takeoff distance. On a short sod strip with obstacles on the far end, a go-around may not be an option at all. I spent three months on a long runway perfecting landings before I got up the nerve to fly into my short field, and even then I almost had to ground loop it on the first landing. I'm substantially better than that now, but that's only after over 2000 landings on my plane. And I have huge flaps! Late today was super smooth, so I took the opportunity to do a wide open flyby at about 220 mph about 20' off the runway. What a blast... Mark Langford N56ML "at" hiwaay.net website at http://www.N56ML.com --------------------------------------------------------
