Tired Old Man
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Regarding the "porpoising" on final thing. I was only able to get a couple of flights on the prototype plane but one thing I noted was that this Sukhoi would fly a lot slower than I thought it would. Meaning that if you carry as much speed (which isn't much) on final as you would with any other of the 28% planes you would be too fast to "settle" onto to the mains. I dead sticked the prototype in on the last flight I had with her, and thinking it would land like anything else set up my approach at the usual distances and altitudes. Wrong idea! She's a very clean airplane and and does not bleed much speed when he nose is down. I needed a bit more room to slow down enough for a good point landing and instead floated the length of the field, with several bounces trying to land before the plane was ready to stop flying.
Take her up about 2 mistakes high and slow her down to where she'll finally fall off in a stall. Get her to go into a stall break right in front of you, it will be surprising to see how slow she is flying. That directly relates to the approach speed on final. Just try starting the approach a little lower than usual and a touch farther out.
I'm still badgering RTK to get his out to the field so we can fly it. Too bad the manufacturer (Extreme) got greedy and wouldn't pay enough attention to parts locations and fits during the manufacturing process cuz this would have been a good long term product. I guess we'll just have to wait for the larger version and see how it goes from there.
Pat
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