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Good Morning, all!
Ahh, the clarity that sleep brings...I said (last night):
"...with trim in "cruise" position (that's right), a good stabilized
is gliding 70 mph over the fence with the throttle set for 300 fpm
sink.
SLOWLY closing the throttle to idle while SMOOTHLY bleeding off
airspeed
by pulling the yoke back increases the angle of attack to arrest the
decent slightly nose high with the mains about 6" off the runway and
the
yoke all the way back. From there the bird smoothly settles as it
slows; first on the mains, as it should."
I should have mentioned that this works for 415-C and CD spec. coupes.
The
"D" Model does not have the up-elevator authority to bleed off forward
speed
this way...it doesn't land well without full "noew-up" trim...which means
if
you lose power late in your usual approach you land short with forward
progress possibly arrested by the wrong side of the airport fence! The 9ยบ
up elevator limit on the "D" is a safety hazard created and perpetuated
unnecesssarily without meaningful purpose by CAA/FAA bureaucrats!
The only time I tried to demonstrate this technique to a Forney owner
(equally applicable to any "E" Model or later with the "split elevator"
and
"Low-speed warning cushion" (spring) in the system, including Alons, we
"arrived" still in my 300 fpm decent!
This "first encounter" with the additioal force required to overcome that
spring delayed my necessary application of same just long enough for firm
ground contact, so I don't know if this works on these coupes with
practice.
Regards,
WRB
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