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I agree here. If what you're doing works, don't change. As my old instructor told me, "Any landing you can walk away from is a good one". Larry Bob Saville wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > Hi Leslie, > I agree completely, and also am aware that airspeed indicators vary as to accuracy from plane to > plane. > Sometime on an 'ideal' day, lower your speeds by about 5 mph and do a couple of take offs and > landings and see how they feel to you. > I let my coupe take off when it's ready to 'lift', usually about 55. I turn final and get 'lined > up' at 65 and although I usually don't look at the airspeed indicator again, I have glanced at it out of > curiosity and I touch down at about 55 in a 'slight' flare and if all prevailing circumstances are as > usual it's very smooth and (except for the normal feeling of landing on a grass strip) you never know > when the ground is contacted. On a hard surfaced runway at fly-ins the only indicsation is a 'churp' > of the tires (usually). > About the only time I get a rough landing is when I come in a little 'hot' and have to force it to > stop flying. (caused by to high or to fast when turning final.) > With a long enough runway, they would all be 'squeakers', just hold the flare a little longer and > ride along on that wonderful cushion of air called 'ground effect' and it'll touchdown, gently, when > it's ready to stop flying. > > That's my 2 cents worth for tonight. (Or should I say this morning, it's past midnight.) Have to get > up early as there is an "Antique and Classic" meet about 75 miles South of here Saturday and our monthly > 'Oregon Ercoupe Erforce' Fly-In about 50 miles North of here on Sunday. Gee, 'Ain't air meets > great'????? > > Bob Saville > N3396H 415C > Eugene, OR > > BTW, Congratulations all all those great landings! There's an old saying..."If it ain't broke, don't > fix it". (However, it never hurts to 'experiment' a little with different speeds and techniques.) ; > -) > > N161LH 3B9 wrote: > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > The fellow who trained me how to fly 'Coupes was very firm about one thing. > > He told me that if I had enough runway, I could land at full flying speed if > > I had to, but that until I _really_ knew my airplane to never, never, never > > land it slow. He taught me to rotate at 60, climb at 80, final at 80, land > > at 75. I haven't had a hard one yet, and I'm at about 150 hours in my > > birdie, so I guess it was pretty good advice. He said he'd seen more > > 'Coupes landed hard because of low airspeed than for any other reason. > > > > Leslie Holbrook > > Alon A2 N161LH (Flying Colors #1) > > Chester, CT 3B9 > > > > From: craig hinton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > A few months ago someone on the net said the Coupe should be flown like > > > a high performance airplane. Some might laugh - but he was exactly > > > correct! Maybe when the Coupe was new and much lighter you could fly the > > > approach speeds you see in the manuals. But a lot of the very slow > > > approach speeds came about in the days of very short runways. Now most > > > of us are using 4000 ft. plus there is no need to be so slow on final. > > > Craig 2623H> > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > > http://profiles.msn.com. > > > > __________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics > > __________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ___________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics -- ----------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/free_video/ __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
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