I think that the run and gun TO method is sometimes a matter of safety. If you have a heavy crosswind at your back it's best to get the plane running in a straight direction as soon as possible. With taildraggers liking to weather vein as they do. When we were scoring TO's on a 1 to 10 I saw a lot more close calls with the guys on the upwind flight lines. I do agree that the landings with trike gears were spectacular. Mike<BR><BR><B><I>Richard Strickland <richard.s@allied-callaway.com></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><DEFANGED_META content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"><BASE href="file://C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Stationery\"><!-- <DEFANGED_STYLE>BODY { MARGIN-TOP: 25px; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px; COLOR: #0033cc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica } --></DEFANGED_STYLE><DEFANGED_META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963"
name="GENERATOR"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1561" name=GENERATOR> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=625243916-04102006>Cigarette butts(filters) used to make excellent wheel chocks. It was almost automatic to pick one up on the way out to set the plane down and stick it in front of the nose wheel... Saved time... About the time I sort of got my act together on TOs and landings, they quit scoring them(or I moved up and they didn't score them)--CRS disease again...sigh... With trikes, the cool deal was to lift the nose wheel, roll along for awhile as the airplane gently lifted off. Landing was to wheel on the mains and gently lower the nose-OR hold it off for a while. Seems like Steve Helms did some of the prettiest ones....</SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr
align=left><SPAN class=625243916-04102006></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=625243916-04102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>With conventional gear, pretty TOs and landings are a little more difficult to do well, but I tend to think a guy that can run it right down the centerline, roll it on and off smoothly OUGHT to have an edge. I know this has been suggested before--but a guy who does lovely TOs and landings WILL make a better initial impression and the judges will EXPECT a better flight. The 'gun and go' guys are shooting themselves in the foot.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=625243916-04102006></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=625243916-04102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>RS</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>_______________________________________________<BR>NSRCA-discussion mailing
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