REFLECTOR:Matco ~ Cleveland Stopping - was Gear Up
John Dibble
reflector@tvbf.org
Tue, 06 Apr 2004 12:34:49 -0500
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Jim,
Excellent observation and suggestion. I plan to give it a try.
John
Jim Sower wrote:
> <... I really have to hit the Matco brakes hard and hit the numbers
> ....>
>
> Just for the hell of it, idle your engine down to about 500 rpm. I
> know it will run rough as a cob at that low an rpm, but you can do all
> your ground ops off idle a few hundred rpm. See if doing this doesn't
> A) make it easier to plant it on the numbers; B) make it easier to
> make that short turnoff
>
> Some time, when there's no significant traffic, shut the engine down
> right before flare, land the airplane, and just let it roll free - no
> brakes at all. I'll bet you cannot MAKE it roll 3000'. I know I
> could just barely make a turnoff about 2300' down the runway when I
> had a dead stick landing once. Cleared the foul line, but just
> barely.
>
> A real eye opener. Try it and report back .... Jim S.
>
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Jim,
<br>Excellent observation and suggestion. I plan to give it a try.
<br>John
<p>Jim Sower wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><... I really have to hit the Matco brakes hard
and hit the numbers ....>
<p>Just for the hell of it, idle your engine down to about 500 rpm.
I know it will run rough as a cob at that low an rpm, but you can do all
your ground ops off idle a few hundred rpm. See if doing this doesn't
A) make it easier to plant it on the numbers; B) make it easier
to make that short turnoff
<p>Some time, when there's no significant traffic, shut the engine down
right before flare, land the airplane, and just let it roll free - no brakes
at all. I'll bet you <b>cannot MAKE it roll 3000'</b>. I know
I could just barely make a turnoff about 2300' down the runway when I had
a dead stick landing once. Cleared the foul line, but just barely.
<p>A real eye opener. Try it and report back .... Jim S.
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