X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 09:27:04 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: <5zq@cox.net> Received: from eastrmmtai05.cox.net ([68.230.240.54] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.4) with ESMTP id 880251 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 09:23:58 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.240.54; envelope-from=5zq@cox.net Received: from OFFICE ([68.110.252.196]) by eastrmmtao06.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with SMTP id <20051213140938.KHQA9108.eastrmmtao06.cox.net@OFFICE> for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 09:09:38 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <016901c5ffef$20a6dc00$6501a8c0@OFFICE> From: "Bill&Sue" <5zq@cox.net> X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: soft fields X-Original-Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 09:11:35 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 >> Did you guys land on dirt strips? > > like to hear from a Legacy flier who has done it. > Hi Rob, We land on dirt, grass and even coral strips regularly. A few of them have been quite rough. We've had absoutely no problems. I give a lot of credit for this to the Ong's Debongers. I doubt that we'd try some of the strips that we've been into without them. We do use standard soft field technique on T.O. and lndg. In addition, we'll usually land and takeoff on rough strips with no more than 1/2 full header tank to allow us to hold the nosewheel off longer on landing or get it off at a slower speed on T.O. All in all, the Lancairs have a fairly robust gear. With proper technique all models should be able to handle smooth grass at the very least. Bill Harrelson 5zq@cox.net N5ZQ 320 1,100+ hrs N6ZQ IV heading down to the hangar to work on it now.