When do you NOT use flaps landing?

[FLY6]

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[RVbySDI]

Originally Posted by FLY6

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[Kevin Horton]

Originally Posted by Pmerems

Several posts here talk about coming over the fence below ## kts and anything below that it "Sinks like a rock (SLAR)".

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It would interesting to note the what SLAR speeds at idle the previous posters are experiencing.

Keep in mind that each aircraft has its own individual airspeed errors, as does each ASI. Two RVs in close formation, at the exact same airspeed could easily have ASI indications that differ by 5 kt, or more.

The final approach airspeed that works perfectly in one RV may be dangerously slow in another RV.

Go flying early in the morning, or late in the evening, when the winds are calm and the air is smooth. Fly a series of approaches, decreasing the speed by a kt or two each time. Note the slowest approach speed that allows a safe, acceptable flare and touchdown - this is the minimum safe speed - don't ever, ever let the speed get slower than that. Add 5 kt to the minimum speed to find your normal target approach speed. The 5 kt allows a bit of margin for typical speed variation in light turbulence, pilot inattention, etc. If the day is particular gusty, add a bit more speed, to ensure that the lowest speed stays above the minimum speed you found.

[Flflyer]

Tailwheel RV7. I generally use full flaps on landing. However, if I'm landing because of a line of storms about to hit, there is no telling what kind of wind will happen. I know, don't go near them, but in the South they are everywhere in the afternoon. Anyway, the ATIS or AWOS wind report won't give you the story, and if I know I'm near the gust front, the flaps will be up. Why? It increases the effective wing loading, (even though they're not fowler flaps that increase area), and gives better penetration, since the wind gusts are a lower % of the landing speed.

After getting one main wheel down, I want to push the nose way down to hold it there. If the crosswind is bad, of course, you have to wait a while to get the other main on, but when you do, you've got brakes to help hold it straight while slowing down. When you have to let the tail down, it's much slower, well below stall speed.

I'm one of those people that imagines the load on the flap motor as I'm deploying them, so I generally wait until I'm about 80 kts or less to reduce the load. These planes handle well in landing, and on a normal windy day, I'd still stick with full flaps.