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Old 10-11-2009 | 02:33 AM
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Default RE: Bobcat 50 Configuration & Manual?

Because of it's swept wings and pusher configuration, the Bobcat will get mushy and uncontrollable if it gets too slow with flaps.

You need to keep the speed up to permit air to go over the control surfaces, giving you control.

Your best bet is to setup up a spoileron mix.

This increases the glide slope angle so the plane drops more quickly and does not tend to bounce all down the runway.

That permits you to bring it in hotter, but quickly kill off speed once it is down, by holding the nose up.

The end result is a VERY jet like landing, where the rear wheels touch down, and you end up holding nose up until it drops by itself as the speed bleeds off.