What do you call a ?short runway??

[RV10inOz]

A short runway?

Is the one you have an "over run" on, the rest are long enough

[luddite42]

Originally Posted by PerfTech

I can consistently land my 9-A in less than 600 ft. Less than this and I get a little nervous with braking pressures required. Regards, Allan
See Video http://vimeo.com/18601468

That's good, but I might add that you have a lot of room to touch down significantly slower, based on your fairly flat pitch attitude at touchdown in the video.

[PerfTech]

Originally Posted by newt

It's cheating if you're initiating the flare before the start of the runway.

What's your distance after clearing a 50' obstacle on final?

- mark

I usually go under or around all those 50 footers

[PerfTech]

Originally Posted by mkbreezy

Hey Allan,

If you really want to practice, come to my strip, and try it with trees at both ends. Its a long way to SC, but we would love to have you. That goes for any RV'er that wants to try it.

Dantzler Plantation
N33 24.69
W080 30.3

You need to be careful what you say! I think I may just take you up on that invite! We are going to be back there in a few months and it would be nice to stop, meet you and talk airplane for a bit. Allan

[mkbreezy]

Love to have you, take a look at dantzlerplantation.org, thats where we live. and the strip is right next to the house.

[David Fuchs]

CVT-16, The USS Lexington or The Lady Lex. 910'

(sorry) couldnt resist

[mkjprice]

But Fun - is X04 Orlando Apopka. It has been years since I flew into this airport, but it is a great airport to practice short and soft field landings. As you come in from the south, you get some awesome (or scary) visual illusions, which make it a challenge. I looks like they have done some improvments to it since I was there, because out 172 use to hang its tips over the side of the runway when we were there back in 2002. Now it is 60' wide and is nearly 4000' long, but it has a hump in the middle.

[Phlyan Pan]

I did my first 15 hours in a 65hp champ on a 2200 ft grass strip with 50 ft trees off of the ends. With myself in an instructor on a hot day there was a bit of pucker factor on takeoff. Landings were never an issue.

[mkbreezy]

910 feet with no obstacles. Piece of cake even without arresting gear. I am routinely doing 7-8 hundred feet over 60 foot obstacles, and the takeoff is shorter than that. The 9's are truly great short field airplanes. (Anti Splat helps)

[leaker311]

after landing...

Captain - Dang! a 150' long runway, whoever designed this thing must have been drunk at the time!!

Co-pilot - Absolutely!! look at the width of this thing!! It must be at least 8000' wide!!