kahloq
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From: Fort Collins,
CO, USA
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ORIGINAL: Tisoy909
kahloq, so do you normally do landings with half flaps then, i noticed on your set of pics, which was on landing i believe. If it gives me better performance and stability on landing i will try to make this a habit, had one tip stall on landing and dont need it to happen again heh.
Thanks.
Loiue
Hi,
Yes I always land with at least 1/2 flaps unless there's like a 15-20MPH head wind. I have never tried to land without flaps on this plane. If there's very little wind, I'll use full flaps and she can slow down a lot without tip stalling even on a shallow glide path. If the head wind is average...say 7-12mph, I'll use 1/2 flaps. The only time(so far), Ive stalled a wing on landing was intentional when my gear wouldnt deploy and I had to belly land in some tall wheat grass. In that case, once I was a little over 2 feet above the grass, I pulled on the elevator to stall the plane(with the result of the stall having the nose up) so it would basically drop on the grass belly first instead of digging in with the prop. Those watching the belly land attempt thought I inputted the elevator at that point cuz I got nervous or something....but it was on purpose. As a result of the maneuver, I suffered zero damage to the plane, not even the prop was scuffed or broken.
i should also note though that I have had to abort some landing attempts and go around(by quickly throttling back up). I dont want to sound like Im some guru of landings. Rip uses full flaps almost all the time, but he comes in at a MUCH steeper angle and then flairs. I dont....I come in like a full size plane and bleed off speed and once over the threshold throttle back more gradually to try and maintain a relatively gentle glide slope...Im not bringing it on the prop per say as the wings are still flying, but some ppl arent comfortable landing this way. Just like im not comfortable landing with a steep approach and then do a sudden flair. In either case, use your flaps. Full flaps are nice for a lot of lift but too much wind can cause a ballooning effect.
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