Mailing Lijst flyrotary@lancaironline.net Bericht #31272
Van: John Overman <mooneydryver@yahoo.com>
Onderwerp: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: 1st Flights -
Datum: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:07:59 -0700 (PDT)
Aan: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Joe;
What airport are you flying out of?

--- Joe Hull <joeh@pilgrimtech.com> wrote:

> Thanx Rusty.  Yep, I one of those OCD (obsessive
> compulsive) type people. If
> it ain't perfect then fixate on it!  You're
> absolutely right about getting
> comfortable with the plane.  That's mostly what I
> did today- lots of turns,
> climbs, and descends.  But in case of emergency my
> landings suck! They don't
> suck if I actually get it down close within the
> first 1/3rd of the runway.
> But I'm tending to come in way to hot and high. It
> took 3 passes today to
> get it down - when I did on the 3rd try it was a
> "greaser" - but if I'd had
> to land on one of the first 2 approaches I would
> have been touching down
> about where the end of the runway was!  So, next
> time I go out it's going to
> be a lot of pattern work. I want to get that
> no-power-landing nailed so I
> can pick a spot and land on it if something ever
> does go wrong.
>
SNIP
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