REFLECTOR: clearance

[Dave Philipsen]

Hmmm....I would have to say my experience is a little different. Perhaps 
it's because I fly solo most of the time (lightly loaded). When I 
rotate, the main wheels don't stay on the ground very long. By the time 
I'm thinking about making sure the nose doesn't get too high I'm already 
separated from terra firma. My technique may be a little different. I 
wait until I'm doing almost 70-75 kias before I even pull back on the 
stick. When I do pull back the plane jumps off the runway pretty quickly.


Al Gietzen wrote:
>
> I was told the a Velocity doesn't rotate..then climb like conventional 
> aircraft. Once the nose rotates, the aircraft doesn't mush aft down 
> like some but instead climbs right out (since the main wing was ready 
> to fly some knots ago). Folks actually flying can back this up
>
> I don’t think my experience is unique, but the mains roll some 
> distance after the nose comes up; especially if heavily loaded. The 
> trick is you don’t let the nose get very high.
>
> I have a 66” prop, and I don’t think I’ve ever measured the clearance 
> because it would be an EXTREME AOA for that thing to hit.
>
> Al
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Dave Philipsen
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