REFLECTOR:Help me buy a house...on an airport

[Chuck Jensen]

I second the idea that anything less than a "most excellent" grass strip is
hard on props. I have a MT prop on an XL RG that has been flow off a grass
strip (better than average but less than perfect) and, with only 100 hours
on it, it looks like it had been used to bludgeon Saddam...when he was
hiding behind a rock.

Chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-admin@tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-admin@tvbf.org]On
Behalf Of Tstockmn@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 8:43 AM
To: reflector@tvbf.org
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:Help me buy a house...on an airport


I've flown my 173FGE with a fixed pitch prop off of grass strips and you
need a lot of runway with clear areas off the end.  nlike a spam can, you
can't haul back on the yoke to keep the nose wheel off or else you risk
hitting the prop.   

The velocity specs are for a hard surface runway.   You also need to worry
about prop damage.   Its amazing what a pusher sucks into the prop, they
make great runway-wacuum cleaners.

Bill
_______________________________________________
To change your email address, visit
http://www.tvbf.org/mailman/listinfo/reflector

Visit the gallery!  tvbf:jamaicangoose