Spoilers for Pattern Planes?????

[Del Rykert]

Hi Larry.
    Some of us fo choose to reflex our ailerons up on landing to add more drag. Almost always have to mix in some elevator for this condition. It helps allow a steeper decent without a big increase in speed. A spoiler is a different animal as far as coming up in the top of the wing to spoil lift over that area of the wing. I remember someone once adding a split rudder that opened at trailing edge to create drag. I never witnessed how well it worked. 
    The truth to remember is the key to slowing down your approach speed is to raise the nose while on your downwind to slow a clean pattern ship down. Then let it settle at its trimmed sink rate using your idle of your engine to control your decent path.
    Hope this helps.
 
     Del K. Rykert
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Larry Diamond 
  To: NSRCA 
  Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 3:19 PM
  Subject: Spoilers for Pattern Planes?????


  OK...Maybe I'm loosing my mind...

  I had a conversation with an individual that told me I was wrong and that we don't use nor will ever use spoilers for a pattern plane.

  I do have at least one e-mail referencing that some folks in New Jersey have tinkered with this. I seem to recall a number of posts but I can' find them.

  What I would like to do, is take the responses (Good / Bad) from this thread to form my own opinion.

  I have never tried it. But I think it was advise I received from a thread on trying to control the speed of my landings for short runways. But I really don't recall all the points...

  Then again, perhaps I have lost my mind...

  See ya,

  Larry
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