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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