REFLECTOR: Gross Weight

[Laurence Coen]

To level my plane on the ground I have to raise the MAIN gear about 3/4".

Larry Coen
SE/RG Franklin/IVO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Harbert" <c.harbert at comcast.net>
To: <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 1:21 PM
Subject: REFLECTOR: Gross Weight


>I took lessons from Scott Baker in Lincoln, CA when he was a young man, and
> he taught me that when the main gear touches down you should imediately 
> pull
> back on the stick to reduce the "plopping" of the nose gear. He showed me 
> it
> works, but in my 50+ landings in my own plane, I haven't done nearly as 
> well
> as he showed me.
>
> I think it  somewhat depends on landing speed and how you built the
> airplane. On takeoff, I really have to pull back to get the plane to 
> rotate,
> and then imediately push forward to not over rotate. I know to level my
> plane on the ground, I need to put a 2x4 under the nose wheel which makes 
> me
> think that the plane is "descending" on rollout, as well. This adds to the
> downward pressure on the nose upon landing. I think this is fairly normal
> from talking to other V drivers.
>
> Another thing that I've noticed is that you don't want to get too slow
> (under 65 kts for me) or the plane will respond slugishly and will tend to
> plop. Scott B told me to "fly it onto the runway" which allows you to 
> better
> control the nose plop.
>
> Chuck H
> Std RG w/speed brake
>
>
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