The "Go Around" thread got me thinking about doing T&Gs in our -8A, which I do not enjoy. Which got me wondering...what do you guys do?
Unfortunately our flap control is a toggle switch on the left side of the panel. This makes touch & goes VERY busy, indeed, since your left hand is working the throttle AND the flaps.
Obviously the long-term solution is to get the flap control on the control stick, (and that's in "Phase 2" of our modernization plan) but, for now, here's what we do during touch & goes:
1. Full flap smoothest possible landing...
2. During the roll-out, keep throttle retarded, remove hand from throttle, and raise flaps...
3. Wait for flaps to retract, as the end of the runway looms closer, and closer...
4. Apply full power once flaps are fully raised.
It's #3 that bothers us. Our runway is fairly short, at 3400', so you can roll quite a ways whilst waiting on the flaps to come up. Add in a bit of a float, and a long landing, and you could find trouble in a hurry.
I see in the "Go Around" thread that during an aborted landing guys are simply adding power with the flaps down, and pitching to an airspeed. I haven't tried this, but it seems like perhaps this would be a "less busy" method of doing a touch & go, as well.
Once to a safe altitude, we could then retract the flaps. This is certainly a lower workload approach.
Is this what you do? If not, what DO you do? Any other advice?
Thanks!
Unfortunately our flap control is a toggle switch on the left side of the panel. This makes touch & goes VERY busy, indeed, since your left hand is working the throttle AND the flaps.
Obviously the long-term solution is to get the flap control on the control stick, (and that's in "Phase 2" of our modernization plan) but, for now, here's what we do during touch & goes:
1. Full flap smoothest possible landing...
2. During the roll-out, keep throttle retarded, remove hand from throttle, and raise flaps...
3. Wait for flaps to retract, as the end of the runway looms closer, and closer...
4. Apply full power once flaps are fully raised.
It's #3 that bothers us. Our runway is fairly short, at 3400', so you can roll quite a ways whilst waiting on the flaps to come up. Add in a bit of a float, and a long landing, and you could find trouble in a hurry.
I see in the "Go Around" thread that during an aborted landing guys are simply adding power with the flaps down, and pitching to an airspeed. I haven't tried this, but it seems like perhaps this would be a "less busy" method of doing a touch & go, as well.
Once to a safe altitude, we could then retract the flaps. This is certainly a lower workload approach.
Is this what you do? If not, what DO you do? Any other advice?
Thanks!