RE: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Remos Nose Gear Collapse
--- On Thu, 8/26/10, Dwayne <masterdr@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Dwayne <masterdr@yahoo.com>
About Flaps. . .
IT depends upon the airplane. . .
Piper A-6 I ALWAYS use 10 degrees of flaps. . . It keeps the nose up.
10 degrees of flaps increases the lift, decreases the stall speed, but doesn't affect the airspeed that much. The lift cancels out the drag.
In the Cherokee 180, I use 10 degrees of flaps, or 20.
In the Cessna 150, I use NO flaps, or 10 degrees. I prefer no flaps.
Well Dwayne....besides helping folks to learn how to fly for 35 years I have also been a A&P with an Inspection Authorization. When you touch down in any a PA 28 series aircraft OR Cessna 150 OR a 172 OR a Grumman tiger landing with full flaps ON THE MAINS is Much easier on the aircraft if for no other reason.( Ever notice how the nose gear shimmies on old Cessna rental aircraft ? ) Folks that have learned to fly on long (2000 foot) runways often have trouble landing on relatively short runways that dot our country !They dont know how to land ...with flaps The thing I like best about the little Cessna 150 is how slow I can land that little lady with full flaps ! Ditto the PA 28 series. Very handy if you have to land it in a corn field sometime. Ben there , done that. I know it was all a waste of breath or typing.. oh well .You can pull a horse to drink but you cant make it water !
The old man Taildragger Dan
P.S. Years ago the Cesssna 172 had manual flaps like the cherokees. But it had 4 notches or 40% of big flaps That iarcraft could land very gently and slowly.You can guess the problem. Lot of "pilots" got into trouble trying to go around with full flaps! Cant be done! Not the airplanes fault ! OK I will shut up!!
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