S Steve69the69Gas Joined 2 Aug 2008 Messages 538 Reaction score 19 Location Nottinghamshire Country 30 Jan 2010 #16
W wotan Joined 24 Dec 2007 Messages 10,980 Reaction score 317 Location Cheshire Country 30 Jan 2010 #17 Steve69the69Gas said: Click to expand... Don't encourage him, that really lowered the tone Wotan
W wotan Joined 24 Dec 2007 Messages 10,980 Reaction score 317 Location Cheshire Country 30 Jan 2010 #19 Ever heard of a flapless approach
ColJack Joined 16 Feb 2007 Messages 11,793 Reaction score 482 Location West Midlands Country 30 Jan 2010 #20 wotan said: Ever heard of a flapless approach Click to expand... that's called crashing isn't it? flapless would be all well and good but doesn't that mean your air speed is a lot faster on approach as you need to keep the lift up.. I suppose it would be fine if you had a long enough runway to slow down on...
wotan said: Ever heard of a flapless approach Click to expand... that's called crashing isn't it? flapless would be all well and good but doesn't that mean your air speed is a lot faster on approach as you need to keep the lift up.. I suppose it would be fine if you had a long enough runway to slow down on...
W wotan Joined 24 Dec 2007 Messages 10,980 Reaction score 317 Location Cheshire Country 31 Jan 2010 #21 A long runway would help, also landing into the wind, as you should do.
R RedHerring 31 Jan 2010 #22 now, if you landed on a conveyor belt that was going the same speed as the plane, but in the opposite direction.......
now, if you landed on a conveyor belt that was going the same speed as the plane, but in the opposite direction.......
T tim west Joined 27 Nov 2006 Messages 11,885 Reaction score 32 Country 31 Jan 2010 #23 you couldnt land on one as you'd never have taken off in the first place
I Infidel Joined 7 Oct 2007 Messages 585 Reaction score 32 Location Essex Country 31 Jan 2010 #24 Going up is the easy part, coming down in safety is the critical part. Click to expand... Any landing you walk away from is a good one
Going up is the easy part, coming down in safety is the critical part. Click to expand... Any landing you walk away from is a good one