ORIGINAL: emeraude
Hi , im facing the same problem on my flapless .15 sized cessna 180 .Landings are quite fast and require a long final approach.I was thinking some way to slow it down suffiently without stalling.I cant use flaperons as the ailerons are near the wing tips and cessnas have nasty stall habbits at too low an approach speed.Will spoilerons help instead ?.One other option i have in mind is to add jet style airbrakes on under side of the fuselage that can be deployed before landing .Any suggestions?
Have you ever considered just using the "fuel tubing" trick?
That's a very small plane, and the "fuel tubing" trick is appropriate for it...
Fuel Tubing Trick:
Place a small washer onto the landing gear wire.
Next place a small piece of fuel tubing, then the wheel, (optionally another piece of tubing and yet another washer) then the wheel collar.
Adjust the wheel collar so that there is some pressure between the wheel and the tubing, providing some resistance to rolling.
The plane will still roll for takeoff but at landing it will stop far more quickly.