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Hi gang,
Just a thought......after getting used to 'depending' on those
'barn-door' flaps on the Cessnas,
how many students or low time pilots would be able to make the landing
when they discovered on final
approach that 'the flaps won't go down'? Sounds like 'go-around' time and
try a whole new method of
landing which they haven't been train in. (Assuming of course that it's
more serious than just a popped
circuit breaker that could be corrected during the go-around.)
That's why Cessnas seem to 'float' instead of touching down, it's the
extra lift created by the
flaps.
Bob Saville
"Ralph.Maria Finch" wrote:
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> I'm with Hartmut.
>
> I can fly around at below 50mph IAS all day and not
> lose altitude with the correct throttle setting. Of
> course that wouldn't be considered a normal cruise,
> but it's certainly possible.
>
> The original poster seemed to want to fly in cruise
> with his buddies with their slower airplanes. This is
> easily done (70-80 mph) with no harm to anything
> except your sanity, you will be bored silly at those
> speeds. The Coupes make much better use of their
> ponies than most aircraft.
>
> As for "falling out of the sky" at lower airspeeds,
> why propagate that myth?? The Coupes sink more than
> the notorious Cessna floaters that we are all trained
> on, but that simply means it takes a couple of flights
> to learn new habits. I quickly came to appreciate the
> Coupes' characteristics and now dislike the Cessnas'
> tendency to resist landing. My landings are
> consistently much better with the Coupes.
>
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> From: Hartmut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Slowest Cruise Speeds
>
> That does not make sense.
> When flying slow , the engine does not generate much
> heat, the cowl
> flaps on a Coupe are wide open all
> the time and I doubt a extreme nose high attitude is
> given at speeds at
> around 85 MPH....
> I find my Coupe extreme nose high with 45 MPH, but
> would not consider
> this a practical low speed flying
> technique.
> All other Speeds should allow for sufficient cooling
> in regard to the
> power setting.
>
> Hartmut
>
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