Daryl Baker
MEMBER
Columbia, Connecticut
Hello, The weather in the Northeast is getting nice. I was able to make 30 hr mark today with the 22nd flight. Need 40 hrs to fly off the experimental restrictions. Today I did some air work and a slow approach full flaps to landing. Still need much more practice but here are my observations. Airplane really does not want to stall clean (like my Taylorcraft would) just a hint of the nose dropping at approx. 42 mph with no flaps. Yoke full back it flys-mushes at 42 mph. With full flaps (PA22–40 degrees) same thing she flys-mushes at approx. 38 mph. On approach at 55 mph with full flaps the nose is obstructing view but with the side by side seating you are able to see the touchdown pt. past the nose on the left hand side. A slight slip allows a much better view. In the flare your view is past the left hand side of the nose. With just myself in the plane it may be tad nose heavy. I am thinking if and when I try to land in my father’s back yard 500-600ft field I may want to put a 50lb bag of sand in the baggage compartment. Will certainly do some practice at the airport before attempting anything like that. My father flew a 135 HP Supercub into this field several times many years ago. I have Microair VG’s would be interested to hear if other people have the same fly-mush experience and at what Supercub air speeds.