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One more opinion.  I fly my Legacy at 120 in the pattern, 100 over the
fence and use very little breaking on a 2800' runway.  I have over 300
hours in Legacies, over 1,000 hours in IVP's.  You can cross the fence
slower but why?  Unless you have to make a short field landing why
reduce your safety margin.  It is not a matter of ego when it comes to
flying down final it is a matter of safety and of airplane control.  An
abrupt control input could ruin your whole day not to mention that a
go-around is a lot less fun in landing configuration at 80-85 than it is
at 100.  If you can fly and hold 100, then you can fly and hold 85, but
why take the risks.  Have you ever experienced wind shear when you just
knew there wasn't any?  Too me, normal across the fence is 95 to 100,
any slower is adding unnecessary risk unless the runway conditions
demand it.  It's interesting that even at these blistering speeds on
final somehow we manage to touch down at the same speed as anyone flying
slower.  So I don't know how you would use more break pads unless you
want to stop in a very short distance or you just like to ride the
breaks for fun.  The wing on the Legacy is not the wing on a 172.  It
isn't as kind when changing the angle of attack rapidly at slow speeds.
That's my take.

Joe


> 100 KIAS seems to be very typical during training, and I also agree
> that it is high.  I flew my first 20 or so hours like this and was
> spending WAAAAAAY too much time floating in the flare (though good for