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I've landed several times on the grass runway at Lenhardt Airport near Portland. Landing touchdown and rollout were not too bumpy. Every thing else that Mark says is true. I have to taxi across grass to and from the runway. You wouldn't want to eat off the bottom of my plane, but nothing has broken or fallen off.
Bill Kennedy
N42BK 213 hours
From: "Mark Ravinski" <mjrav@comcast.net>
Reply-To: "Lancair Mailing List" <lml@lancaironline.net>
To: "Lancair Mailing List" <lml@lancaironline.net>
Subject: [LML] IVP on grass
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 10:27:34 -0500
Phil,
I landed my 360 on grass just once because the strip was near my buddy's house and the next closest paved field was 50 miles away.
The shaking was horrible. I had the buddy drive the 50 miles so I could give him a ride and not have to land there again.
The combination of small hard tires and high landing speeds make Lancairs a poor choice for a bush plane.
The basic structure may survive the abuse but little else will. Consider electronics, fasteners, glue joints and electrical connections. Parts that normally wear will wear faster due to the vibration and extra dirt. Your prop tips will erode and be subject to more and bigger rocks.
Mark Ravinski
N360KB 1319 hrs
"Considering moving our IVP from it's present home at a big city tarmac ILS airport to the grass field strip just down the road. "
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