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We have transitioned pilots into single seat gliders with no spoilers, just landing flaps with no issues.
A good read and ground school session on aerodynamic effects AMD talking with those that have flown flaps only and then let them go. A god long runway for landing helps. Flown both the 1-35 and Nugget, LP-15. T |
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On Aug 18, 11:00*pm, T wrote:
We have transitioned pilots into single seat gliders with no spoilers, just landing flaps with no issues. A good read and ground school session on aerodynamic effects AMD talking with those that have flown flaps only and then let them go. A god long runway for landing helps. Flown both the 1-35 and Nugget, LP-15. T As someone with not much flying experience who transitioned to a 1-35 , with 50 landings since, let me say this: You will get many different opinions, all valid, but contradictory and confusing. Just use the method described in the POH at least 10 times before fooling around with it. My last 10 landings haven't made as good as my first 10 since I'm now trying variations. The first one was perfect! :-) I'm not convinced that a lot of experience in planes other than 1-35's will help much since at full flaps the stick has to go a long way forward, and the speed drops off really fast, and the nose drops a lot. Be ready for something of much greater magnitude than the little effects "normal" spoilers have on the glide slope. That experience conditions you to using spoilers, not flpas. Apply the flaps slowly so your stick hand can keep up with the spoiler hand and watch the airspeed and thr PIOs. :-) It's a bit wierd, but you will come to see it as just different. Just use the POH until you get used to it. Martin |
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