alpinelakespilot2000
Well Known Member
The RV-8 landing thread got me thinking...
I'm about out of Phase I now and am wondering if my experiences landing are at all consistent with others flying the RV-9 (not 9A). I find that touchdowns are much more consistently good doing wheel landings as opposed to 3-pt. I'm not sure if I'm just not quite yet landing slow enough, but I am much more likely to balloon and/or bounce when trying to land with the tail down. I kind of get the feeling that there's still too much angle of attack on the -9's wings, even in the 3-pt attitude. (Though, supposedly, that's why the RV-9's gear legs are longer than those of the -7.)
I know I need to be able to master both as much as possible, and as I approach the summer season where I plan to be on grass strips more, I'd like to be able to count on the 3-pointers more consistently, but which do you find works the best? And, at what point do grass strips require a 3-pt landing?
I'm about out of Phase I now and am wondering if my experiences landing are at all consistent with others flying the RV-9 (not 9A). I find that touchdowns are much more consistently good doing wheel landings as opposed to 3-pt. I'm not sure if I'm just not quite yet landing slow enough, but I am much more likely to balloon and/or bounce when trying to land with the tail down. I kind of get the feeling that there's still too much angle of attack on the -9's wings, even in the 3-pt attitude. (Though, supposedly, that's why the RV-9's gear legs are longer than those of the -7.)
I know I need to be able to master both as much as possible, and as I approach the summer season where I plan to be on grass strips more, I'd like to be able to count on the 3-pointers more consistently, but which do you find works the best? And, at what point do grass strips require a 3-pt landing?