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Keith,
The Lancair 320/360 series are fantastic
airplanes...fast, efficient, good looking and fun. They are not, however, the
world's easiest to fly airplane. I'm not saying that they are difficult, it's
just that there are some characteristics that can bite ya...hard. My suggestion
is to first find out what experience the CFI has in the LNC2. Unless he has
substantial experience IN THAT TYPE he may not be able to do you a great deal of
good and possibly some harm. Second, I would agree with your alternate plan of
basing the airplane at a longer strip for a while. (Why
yes, Princeton NJ would be an excellent choice) Personally, I
didn't feel comfortable bringing ours into a 2100 ft strip until I had 100 hrs
or more in it. It takes a bit of experience to get comfortable with the airplane
in general and plenty more before you ease into "short" field work. It's a
wonderful airplane but one that deserves a great deal of respect when learning
to fly it. Be careful, get real comfortable with a 4,000 ft runway and gradually
work your way down to 2100. Good luck. Welcome to the Lancair club.
BTW, there are several highly experienced Lancair
360 guys very close to you there in Lincoln Park, NJ. (uhh, anybody want to jump
in here?) including Pete Zagginino who is an extremely experienced Lancair
instructor. Consider contacting him for instruction.
Bill Harrelson
N5ZQ 1,650 hrs
N6ZQ IV under construction
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 2:57
PM
Subject: [LML] Re: where to get
ASI?
Thank you for all of the replies, it's been very helpful. I've
elected to take Ian up on his offer and will be buying his AIS from his 360,
which was originally supplied by Lancair.
I am sure the time will come
when I need to call Michelle, though, so thanks for the info, Bob!
The
timetable for obtaining the plane has been accelerated, it's being delivered
on Monday to my local airport. I haven't been able to sleep well for the
past 3 nights...it's all quite exciting. It's a 1992 small tail 360 with
an O-360. N360JH
The owner's CFI will be ferrying it from
Kentucky to my home airport, Lincoln Park (N07). If the demo ride isn't a
complete cluster, the deal will be sealed, and training will begin the very
same day. I have about 130 hours in DA-20's/40's (low wing with a
stick), the remaining 170hrs are in...*deep breath* 172's. Clearly this
is a big step up, and I will take the training seriously, taking as long as is
needed to become comfortable with the plane. My home strip has 2100ft and
2600ft available for landing (1 runway, displaced thresholds), so I know this
will be somewhat tight.
If, after the training, I don't feel completely
comfortable with that strip, I will house the plane at another nearby airport,
20 mins away (instead of N07, which is 3 mins from the house!).
I
suppose it wouldn't be a bad idea to ask the list members for their opinions
on basing a 'stock' 360 out of a 2100/2600/2900ft strip (rwy 1 ldg length, rwy
19 ldg length, 1/19 usable length for takeoff, respectively). My
original home airport was 2600ft (KSQL in northern california).
Thanks
for the welcome. This looks like a high quality list.
Keith
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