X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:40:50 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from wind.imbris.com ([216.18.130.7] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.13) with ESMTPS id 3592824 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:38:55 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.18.130.7; envelope-from=brent@regandesigns.com Received: from [192.168.1.116] (207-170-226-178.static.twtelecom.net [207.170.226.178]) (authenticated bits=0) by wind.imbris.com (8.14.2/8.12.11.S) with ESMTP id n3MEcB5d018703 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:38:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brent@regandesigns.com) X-Original-Message-ID: <49EF2BCD.7050906@regandesigns.com> X-Original-Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:38:05 -0700 From: Brent Regan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: Re: Landing distance for a IVP ? Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------010609020100000309000700" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010609020100000309000700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit John asks: << What do you guys use as far as personal minimums in runway length when landing your IV's?>>> Home base for me (6ID1) is 2,200' x 40, 2,720 MSL. Due to terrain, landing is to the east and slightly uphill. Usually there is a 3-5 Kt tail wind. Landings can be accomplished in 1,400 to 1,800 feet under these conditions BUT it requires a LOT of practice. For me it took 500 hours in type and over 1,000 landings before I could consistently nail my intended landing spot at the needed speed (90 Kts). Also, forget about greasers, these are firm "positive contact" landings that I warn my passengers about. My first landing in a IV-P was on a 6,000' x 100' field and I needed 5,500' of it. There are several Lancairs including at least 2 IVs at KPAO which is 2400 feet and at sea level. As a rule, never land on anything shorter than you have already demonstrated CONSISTENTLY on a longer field. You can land on short fields the same way you get to Carnegie Hall......... Practice, Practice, Practice. Regards Brent Regan --------------010609020100000309000700 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit John asks:
<< What do you guys use as far as personal minimums in runway length when landing your IV’s?>>>

Home base for me (6ID1) is 2,200' x 40, 2,720 MSL. Due to terrain, landing is to the east and slightly uphill. Usually there is a 3-5 Kt tail wind. Landings can be accomplished in 1,400 to 1,800 feet under these conditions BUT it requires a LOT of practice. For me it took 500 hours in type and over 1,000 landings before I could consistently nail my intended landing spot at the needed speed (90 Kts). Also, forget about greasers, these are firm "positive contact" landings that I warn my passengers about.

My first landing in a IV-P was on a 6,000' x 100' field and I needed 5,500' of it.

There are several Lancairs including at least 2 IVs at KPAO which is 2400 feet and at sea level.

As a rule, never land on anything shorter than you have already demonstrated CONSISTENTLY on a longer field.

You can land on short fields the same way you get to Carnegie Hall......... Practice, Practice, Practice.

Regards
Brent Regan

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