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Fred, in my opinion any use of a GPS within 5 miles of an airport is
dangerous. We have to keep our eyes outside the cockpit and be on
constant lookout for other traffic. Remember, some planes do not have
radios, and some others have them but don't realize that the radios are
not transmitting. I turn my GPS off when I'm 5 miles out and spend most
of the rest of the time scanning the surrounding skies for traffic. If
I can't see the runway centerline when I'm on final I shouldn't be flying.
Syd
Fred Lamkey wrote:
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I have a Lowrance 1000 gps and put it in extended runway for landing
in strong winds. I put it on very close in (.1 mile appx I
think)view, take a long final and fly the line in crab. This makes
it a lot easier to hold the center of the runway. If I ever get in
serious trouble, I think I could ALMOST do an instrumnet landing with
the gps. I wouldn't want to be my life on it, but it would be better
than nothing.
Fred N93994
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From: Hartmut Beil <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Ed Burkhead <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; 'scott'
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Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 2:17 AM
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Since I have not added to this discussion, I need to make my
comments before the thread is closed.
Cross wind landings in a 2 Control Coupe:
I found it sometimes pretty difficult to fly crabbed along the
extended centerline of the runway. For one, significant cross
winds are mostly gusty winds and the stronger the wind, the more
one turns his heading away from the runway.
So there you are, trying to stay on that imagined centerline,
bouncing up and down and when correcting for gusts, your
centerline is now somewhere else. It's like landing on an aircraft
carrier. A constant newly orientation is needed onto where you
have to head the plane and where the whole thing is going along
that flight path.
The wind usually changes when coming close to the ground. You need
to correct for that change too, otherwise you are off that virtual
centerline again. Remember, the plane will roll along the runway
in exact that direction it was flying before touchdown. Flying
means not heading or pointing so to say. Some people think that
you need to straighten out the plane before touch down, thinking
it would then roll straight, but this is not true. The Coupe will
follow its flown path. Holding that path on the virtual centerline
all the way down to the runway is sometimes hard to do.
If you do it right, you will have a smooth transition, if done
poorly, you are having some scary moments when arriving on terra
firm.
Hartmut
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To: 'scott' <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; 'Ercoupe Tech'
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Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 4:06 AM
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Scott wrote:
I think I have been a little too tight on the controls,
specifically not letting the nose wheel caster as much as
I should. This has resulted in feeling a little shock thru the
wheel as it finds its neutral path.
Scott,
Sorry I couldn't write more this morning - I had a cat
sleeping on my chest and I couldn't do anything but mouse.
All the other info is great but I'd like to add this:
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