At 04:05 PM 12/7/02 -0800, Bob Saville wrote:
Percy Wood wrote:
If you do not have it right on the down wind, you will make
a real hash of it.
*****What if there is not downwind leg? Does this mean that I can no
longer make a 'good landing' on a straight in? Shucks, look at all the
gas and time I'll use while circling around up there and making a proper
'45degree' entry into the 'full pattern' method.
Departing Cottage Grove and landing at Walker is about a 5 minute
flight at most. You just turned that into about a 15 to 20 minute flight
and doubled the fuel usage. Just so I can make a decent landing. :-(
Well shucks!
Bob Saville
But, when set up correctly, you can't buy a bad landing.
Ya missed my point, Bob. You just don't have all the options in the
Ercoupe.
You've said yourself that your signature approach was high, then slip it
down
to the numbers. That was before you "Saw The Light" and bought your
`coupe.
You can make good landings straight in, normal pattern (left or right),
or the
overhead 360 like the F-102's used to do at Yokota. You just have to set
it up
earlier in the Ercoupe (no AfterBurner iffn ya needs it...)
Percy up North
Who is considering going flying tomorrow.
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