tkatc
Well Known Member
Just having bought my RV7A I am a new RV pilot. There is so much to learn (new airplane, new systems, maintenance, etc) I am feeling a bit overwhelmed and that is interfering with my ability to learn ANYTHING. I have to remind myself to concentrate on one thing at a time. I have decided the first thing I want to master is the landing sequence.
I have had transition training in a -6A with a 160hp, fp prop. I was taught a landing sequence that made sense in my head. When I went out to buy the RV I had a different instructor run through the sequence but he had an entirely different theory and so I now find myself confused. I find myself coming in at a higher speed for fear of the stall, and I am splitting the difference between 2 theories for pitch attitude. One instructor taught to keep the nose on the runway numbers, the other had a nose high attitude.
I would be very interested in hearing about your approach sequence. I am talking every detail starting at the 45* entry. MP, how you slow it down, speed in kts, when do you push the prop forward, flaps, decent rate and when you start the decent, speed you hold etc etc.
It seems crazy that I would be so confused after flying the airplane across the entire country but I obviously do not have a standard set of values that I am using. I am torn between 2 theories and nothing is consistent. I want your opinions so that I can establish a standard of my own.
I have had transition training in a -6A with a 160hp, fp prop. I was taught a landing sequence that made sense in my head. When I went out to buy the RV I had a different instructor run through the sequence but he had an entirely different theory and so I now find myself confused. I find myself coming in at a higher speed for fear of the stall, and I am splitting the difference between 2 theories for pitch attitude. One instructor taught to keep the nose on the runway numbers, the other had a nose high attitude.
I would be very interested in hearing about your approach sequence. I am talking every detail starting at the 45* entry. MP, how you slow it down, speed in kts, when do you push the prop forward, flaps, decent rate and when you start the decent, speed you hold etc etc.
It seems crazy that I would be so confused after flying the airplane across the entire country but I obviously do not have a standard set of values that I am using. I am torn between 2 theories and nothing is consistent. I want your opinions so that I can establish a standard of my own.
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