WaspAir
Supreme Allied Gyro CFI
- Joined
- Oct 21, 2006
- Messages
- 6,797
- Location
- Colorado front range
- Aircraft
- Bell 47G-3B-1, A&S 18A, Phoebus C, SGS 1-26A, etc.
- Total Flight Time
- rather a lot
I wonder how many of the people on this forum ever practice aborting a takeoff from 20 feet. (I imagine rolling aborts and those done shortly after breaking ground might be more commonly done.). A maneuver akin to a helicopter "quick stop ", allowing one to pull higher g than possible in trying to stay level in a 180 turn, should allow a settle to the ground at low forward speed with total forward travel that compares favorably to the most forward part of the arc of a level 180 turn. Sometimes you need to pull back on the reins if you think ole Seabiscuit won't clear the jump.
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