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06-14-2012, 10:26 PM
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that is great! do you go home a give it a good wash to flush sand?
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Yes, we stopped at the washrack on the way back to the hangar and gave my baby a good rinse down. Particular attention to rinsing any sand/salt out of the wheel pants and wheel/brake assemblies.
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06-14-2012, 10:57 PM
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Very cool!
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06-14-2012, 11:25 PM
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Well marked?
Scott, how well marked is it? I looked on a satellite view but it doesn't looked marked. Is the rock on the north end?
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06-14-2012, 11:44 PM
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The rock is near the south end. Maybe 500 feet from the river. There is no defined runway to land on. You just land on the semi wet sand. You will sink into the dry sand and you dont want to land in the water. The stuff in between is hard as packed dirt. The different sands all have different shades and are fairly easy to identify from the air.
Vlad, we'll see you soon 
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06-15-2012, 03:22 AM
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Copalis State Airport
Thanks for the reminder. I have been meaning to make it up to land at the beach Copalis State Airport as a nice place to take the wife. She will love it.
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06-15-2012, 06:06 AM
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Too Cool!
definitely going on my bucket list, but with out wheel pants.
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06-15-2012, 06:12 AM
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These two statements from airnav seem to conflict with each other slightly:
"Elevation: 1 ft. / 0 m (estimated) "
"RY AVBL WHEN TIDE IS LOW."
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06-15-2012, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Phlyan Pan
These two statements from airnav seem to conflict with each other slightly:
"Elevation: 1 ft. / 0 m (estimated) "
"RY AVBL WHEN TIDE IS LOW."
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Yep, the technique is that you only use the runway when the tide is out and the sand is wet. Obviously, at high tide there won't be any wet sand to land on! When the tide starts coming in, you better be making plans to depart, or pull the plane up above high tide mark and wait it out.
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Scott, how well marked is it? I looked on a satellite view but it doesn't looked marked. Is the rock on the north end?
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As Casey said, the rock is at the south end of the "runway". The runway isn't marked, other than an orange marker way up above the high tide line to show approximately where the designated runway begins.
The preferred method for landing is to perform a low fly-by to check out conditions and let the beach-combers know that you're landing. The rock sticks out about two feet above the sand, and will be very visible during the fly-by.
Landing - look for the dark grey sand. Black sand is still getting wet from the tides and waves. Tan sand is too dry and you'll sink into it. The dark grey sand area is easily 100 feet wide, and the waves have washed the sand clean so there's literally no obstacles or debris!
After landing - taxi up out of the landing area. No need to go too far - just enough to leave plenty of landing area for the next guy.
Wheel pants? - I have about 1 1/2" clearance from ground to bottom of wheel pants. During the landing roll and subsequent parking, the deepest divot I could find was about 1/8" in the sand. Even my bounces didn't dent the sand at all!
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06-15-2012, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by DakotaHawk
Yep, the technique is that you only use the runway when the tide is out and the sand is wet. Obviously, at high tide there won't be any wet sand to land on! When the tide starts coming in, you better be making plans to depart, or pull the plane up above high tide mark and wait it out.
As Casey said, the rock is at the south end of the "runway". The runway isn't marked, other than an orange marker way up above the high tide line to show approximately where the designated runway begins.
The preferred method for landing is to perform a low fly-by to check out conditions and let the beach-combers know that you're landing. The rock sticks out about two feet above the sand, and will be very visible during the fly-by.
Landing - look for the dark grey sand. Black sand is still getting wet from the tides and waves. Tan sand is too dry and you'll sink into it. The dark grey sand area is easily 100 feet wide, and the waves have washed the sand clean so there's literally no obstacles or debris!
After landing - taxi up out of the landing area. No need to go too far - just enough to leave plenty of landing area for the next guy.
Wheel pants? - I have about 1 1/2" clearance from ground to bottom of wheel pants. During the landing roll and subsequent parking, the deepest divot I could find was about 1/8" in the sand. Even my bounces didn't dent the sand at all!
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Scott thanks. Where to get a tidal chart for this particular place? I am not a sailor 
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06-15-2012, 09:46 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Vlad
Scott thanks. Where to get a tidal chart for this particular place? I am not a sailor 
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You can see tides at Copalis Beach here
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