Barry, Great suggestions for the VFR arrival at OSH. It actually triggered another that I haven't thought about for a while since I have flown in with the Cup racers over the last few years. Lancair pilots don't normally fly much straight-and-level at 135 KIAS. Normal flights are either at high cruise speeds or 100-110 Knots in the pattern setting up for the landing. One thing to do before getting to OSH is to go out and practice some slow flight to get a feeling for the mushiness in that regime.
Amen, Grayhawk! There was a thread on the list pertaining to the Legacies and flying 100 KIAS until short final. Not to re-hash it, but...eegads! If you are going into OSH and you're not comfortable handling your airplane @ 90 KIAS then in my mind you have two choices:
1) Get comfortable with it....the plane is perfectly capable. 2) Drive
I'm not trying to be glib here, but the LAST thing anyone needs to be doing is have circumstance (lots of traffic, unexpected maneuvers by numbskulls, unusual controller requests due to afore mentioned circumstances, etc.) put them in a flight regime they're not comfortable with - that is when the bad stuff happens.
Obviously the 135 kt. arrival is much preferable.....but circumstances may leave you in an unexpected place. Do you know how much back pressure you can safely apply at 90 knots and 30 degrees of bank? Base to final at 500' AGL isn't the place to find out.
Hope to see y'all there!
Barry
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