Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.20000207124040.03415360@olsusa.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 12:40:40 -0500
To: lancair.list@olsusa.com
From: Marvin Kaye <marvkaye@olsusa.com>
Subject: RE: Spry vs Ong
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Posted for dave morss <morss@pacbell.net>:

Re: Ong shocks...

I now have 50 hours on my Ong gas filled shocks. At first I played with
the gas pre-charge as they seemed to skip a little too much. Later I
discovered that this was due to my landing technique. I am so paranoid
about the high shock loads going into the structure with the rubber
doughnuts that I had developed a very nose high, as slow as possible
landing, keeping the nose as high as possible during landing roll to keep
as much lift (weight) on the wing as possible.

My Ongs would dance during this process but that was better than the
shock loads.  The way I discovered their true worth was practicing a trim
only landing (using only trim tabs to fly aircraft).  I got slightly high
sink nose up and didn't add power soon enough so I landed w/ about 600 fpm
sink.  It was one of my best landings. I have now modified my landing
technique so that half way through the flare I hesitate and let some
sink start then raise nose to landing attitude and voila, a greaser every
time.

I've also played with full stall landings now and with the new shocks I
can do them but with the reduced visibility I only use them on short
(1800 ft or less) or unimproved strips.


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