REFLECTOR: Gross Weight

[Donald Royer]

Mine is like Larry's. It is a 173 RGE and it requires about 3/4" under the
mains to level it. When flying solo, it requires only a slight tug on the
stick to rotate. Sometimes when I get lucky I can hold the nose off on
landing, but it usually polps.

Don

> [Original Message]
> From: Laurence Coen <lwcoen at hotmail.com>
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
> Date: 6/24/2006 5:46:01 PM
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Gross Weight
>
> 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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