All this talk about landing speeds makes me wonder whether everyone is using true airspeeds. At landing, IAS can be off by quite a bit because the pitot isn't parallel to the airstream. If you don't have a GPS, it would be worthwhile to try some landings (on a windless day) with a car GPS in the plane to see if the speed check out.
Mike Taglieri On Feb 15, 2015 6:03 PM, "Mike Stirewalt via KRnet" <krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote: > Sorry if this is a duplicate but the last few days my postings don't show > up in my daily digest mode email from KRNET as they always have, unless I > re-send them. > > **************************** > > Mark Jones said, > > > "That first landing was absolutely the worst landing I have ever made > (except when I hit a deer) and by being so slow it almost caused me to > crash my KR on touchdown." > > I did the same thing when leaving Omaha after picking up my new KR from > Steve Bennett. I hadn't flown a KR in many years and was dressed in > shorts since it was the middle of July but ran into rain and cold temps > and was shivering and somehow landed downwind at my first gas stop, > although didn't mean to. I was too addled by the unfamiliar plane, > abundant gas fumes from leaking line connections, and being chilled and > very uncomfortable that I mistakenly assumed the wind was from the west - > the usual direction out there on the Wyoming border. But the wind was > from the east that day. I stalled it above the runway at what seemed > and felt like at least 20 feet and came slamming straight down and was > sure I must have broken something or blown a tire. The engine died and I > was pretty stunned at what I'd done. But the engine started right up. > The tires rolled. I was amazed. That was by far the worst landing I've > ever made with this plane. These kinds of things happen when we are > going through the survival process of learning to land our KR's. It > takes a few landings and s*** sometimes happens in the process. We get > better quickly or we damage or destroy our planes. You just got too > slow, and I did the same thing. I think it's significant that we both > made horrible landings but didn't damage anything. More common with > initial KR flights (other airplanes too) is touching down too fast, > bouncing, then touching down and bouncing again and then panic sets in > because the end of the runway is coming up so guys try and force it onto > the runway and if lucky nothing gets broken but usually something does. > Best thing to do after bouncing badly is going around and touching down > slower on the next pass but many bashed wing tips, broken props and nose > gears, etc. testify to to the fact that guys on their first flights often > don't do that (go around). > > Anyway, once we have a feel for our planes we can land at any speed we > want. Someone in the process of developing that feel though needs to > read Jim Faughn's article and take it to the bank. > > Going into a 1200 ft. strip is a whole 'nother subject. I think it's > super important to do first flights on the longest uncontrolled runway > you can find that's reasonably close. > > Mike > > ____________________________________________________________ > How Old Men Tighten Skin > 63 Yr Old Husband Uses Wife?s Wrinkle Cream, His Results? Amazing > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/54e1256aef863256a4f42st03vuc > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options > >
