jaybhansen
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I want to extend the flap handle, but my question is the procedure (Speeds?) for a no flap landing.
I want to extend the flap handle
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I do not recommend the no-flap procedure a fellow at my airport uses for his RV-12 - 80KTS and power on all the way to the runway. I always lose sight of him as he floats down the 7000' runway.
Well, I have to say it because I?m old and cantankerous.
I?ve flown almost 80 different types of aircraft from cubs, champs etc. to jumbo airliners, military trash haulers and supersonic jets, corporate twins, turboprops and jets and I have yet to strap ANYTHING on that you had to land with power.
Try zero thrust landing with F-18 on Nimitz Class Carrier and let us know how it works out...
Another airplane that comes to mind is the F7U Cutlass. I've been told by its' pilots, it needed afterburners to land. Power to weight ratio was somewhere below 0.5.
Well, I have to say it because I?m old and cantankerous.
I?ve flown almost 80 different types of aircraft from cubs, champs etc. to jumbo airliners, military trash haulers and supersonic jets, corporate twins, turboprops and jets and I have yet to strap ANYTHING on that you had to land with power.
Heck, even didn?t need power in the shuttle simulator!
Sorry to inform you . . . but unless you are rated in helicopters . . you haven't done it all.. . . . I’ve flown almost 80 different types of aircraft from cubs, champs etc. to jumbo airliners, military trash haulers and supersonic jets, corporate twins, turboprops and jets and I have yet to strap ANYTHING on that you had to land with power.
Heck, even didn’t need power in the shuttle simulator!
... a fellow at my airport uses for his RV-12 - 80KTS and power on all the way to the runway. I always lose sight of him as he floats down the 7000' runway.
I land with one notch unless I need full flaps to adjust my flight path
The flaps on the 12 are more for adding lift and reducing stall speed in order to meet LSA requirement. Not much drag is added and not much change in pitch angle either. Very unlike what you experience in Cessna or Piper...
The flaps on the 12 are more for adding lift and reducing stall speed in order to meet LSA requirement. Not much drag is added and not much change in pitch angle either. Very unlike what you experience in Cessna or Piper...
Poor guy is looking for a little help, and you guys are comparing the length of your Johnson's!
The flaps on the 12 are more for adding lift and reducing stall speed in order to meet LSA requirement. Not much drag is added and not much change in pitch angle either. Very unlike what you experience in Cessna or Piper...
Just a note; The stall speed requirement for LSA compliance is "Clean" stall speed. i.e. Flaps up!
Thank you, Mel . . . for pointing that out!Just a note; The stall speed requirement for LSA compliance is "Clean" stall speed. i.e. Flaps up!