Dr Jim's HP-16 is beautiful!!
http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder/HP...rst_Flight.htm

Wayne
HP-14 "6F"

"Berry" wrote in message
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In article , BobW
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Check out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXwy7dsLndM

...for a nice/useful/short video of two flapped landings in an HP-14,
owned/flown/filmed by Wayne Paul (and posted here with his permission).
Curious reader-pilots may find the following information helpful, should
they


Nice. Enjoyed the videos.


Had the distinct privilege of flying an HP-16 once (Thanks Dr. Jim). It
has the infamous "flaps and V-tail of death" that I had always heard
spell certain doom. In spite of the hype from know-it-alls who had never
actually flown with flaps or V-tails, I found the handling of the V-tail
was indistinguishable from that of a cruciform or T tail glider and the
flaps were just tremendous fun. In the pattern, I turned final at 600
feet and when the numbers disappeared under the nose I started rolling
in flaps. I kept on rolling in flaps until the numbers appeared again.
The horizon was way up the canopy at this point. Glanced at the airspeed
and it read 60 mph, so I rolled in a little more flap. I don't think I
ever actually reached the full 90 degree deflection. When the ground got
close enough that I could not stand it, I counted to three (quickly) and
flared. Touched down just past my aim point, slightly tail low, and
made a very short rollout. Not much different from landing an older
Cessna with big flaps and power off.

I think flaps for glidepath control on gliders got a bad rap because
some models of the Schweizer 1-35 had inadequate flap and were flown by
those who were not careful to control their speed on final.