REFLECTOR: grass strip

John Dibble aminetech at bluefrog.com
Thu Mar 22 12:51:36 CDT 2012


On 3/22/2012 11:31 AM, Brett Ferrell wrote:
> I have to say that I'm very curious, not that I want to do it, but 
> interested...
>
> * What  length of grass runways folks have used?   shortest - 2600
> * At what density altitudes (approx)?   1000 msl, 80F
> * At what take-off weight?   2200
> * HP?   220
> * Prop?   IVO
> * How much of the runway did you use up?  With an uphill grade for the 
> 1st 1/2 (which I think had a significant effect), I used around 
> 2200'.  My sister who was in the right seat commented that the corn 
> field was coming up rather fast....

John
>
> Brett
>
> > I've made dozens of TOLs on grass strips.  The key word is grass.  
> If there are bare spots, stones can be kicked up and damage the prop, 
> but for me that was just minor nicks.  There is a lot of bug spatter 
> on the prop, wings, and canard.
> >
> > John
>
> s
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