undoctor
Joined: 21 Oct 2008
Posts: 212
Location: Bethelhem, PA
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 Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:31 am Post subject: Fwd: Altitude/speed control when landing |
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My first "real" ultralight was an Ultrastar, then I bought the FlagFly. When I bought the FlagFly a number of years had passed since I last flew, plus I only ever had 3 hours of actual training, which was in a T-craft, the balance was self-taught, so I took 10 hours of instruction at Queen City Airport. Adam, my instructor, who looked a bit like SNL's Andy Samberg, taught me that when you're in the pattern you reverse the normal RPM's for airspeed and elevators for altitude mode, and use the yoke/elevators to set your speed and adjust the RPMs to determine your altitude and consequently your touch down point. Is this common among us? What is your method? I'll attach a 2.5 MB video from the cockpit of a jet landing on an aircraft carrier that shows the pilot doing that.
(This post was rejected because the attachment, a wmv, file is not supported by the list, in their fight to halt the spread of viruses, etc. It's a really neat video and I scanned it with 3 different scans, anti-malware, anti-spam and anti-virus, and it's clean. So if you'd like to see it, email me directly and I'll send it to you directly.)
One time we were in the pattern and there was a plane landing in front of us. After he landed he was messing around on the runway so Adam had me maintain my altitude, not knowing if we'd be able to land or have to go around till the other plane was clear. We turned final very high just as the other plane cleared, so Adam told me to give it full flaps and see if I could land it. That was the first time I landed a GA with full flaps and as we were diving toward the runway I laughed and said, "Now THIS is what I'm used to after flying an Ultrastar." I felt very comfortable dropping it in and flared just fine, thanks to my Kolb experience!
Dave Kulp
Bethlehem, PA
FireFly 11DMK
On 2/1/2012 9:28 PM, Rick Neilsen wrote: [quote]Our Kolbs have a tremendous capability to fly in and out of very short fields. The very steep approach angle with very little flair time is necessary to be able to complete incredibly short landings. It's what they were designed for. Pilots new to Kolbs are advised to maintain power on approach right down to the landing flair. Later after a few landings it is good to start gradually exploring the planes capability but go slowly. My GA experience made my transition to my Kolb more difficult. John is right it is just a simple matter of maintaining flying speed. It really is that simple. The problem is pilots new to Kolbs aren't prepared for the visual impact of seeing the high ground closure rate up so close and personal. The natural reaction is to flare way too high and without power, flying speed is lost very quickly and that isn't good. So we have a very well designed airplane, we just need to learn how to fly them properly to be able to use all their capabilities. In summery there is no such thing as Kolb quit there is only pilot quit.
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VW Powered MKIIIC
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