Hi Larry,

The best I have done is getting it stopped in about 450feet with
acccurate speed control, dragging it in with power and planting the
mains on the end of the runway with heavy braking.

Over a 50 ft OBS, (estimated by an observer) I needed about 900 ft and
heavy braking to get stopped.

The only gain on the short field landing is a lower approach speed
(about 5 knts less at all flap speeds) and more elevator authority
during the flare. We also have the wing root fairings installed,
improving the pitch response at low speeds.

I don't think I would try to achieve the same decent angle as the
easily achieved climb angle that we can get on takeoff.

At that rate of decent, if I didn't get the required agressive
flare....JUST RIGHT... (!) it would not be a good day...

Cheers!

Dave




On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:44:52 GMT, Larry Dighera
wrote:

On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:56:25 -0300, Dave wrote
in :





Very impressive. Normal takeoff distance over a 50' obstacle is
~1,600' or so.

Can you demonstrate a similar landing over a 50' obstacle?