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1. 04:46 PM - Stupid Commander Tricks (Steven)
2. 06:12 PM - Re: Stupid Commander Tricks (Steven)
3. 10:52 PM - Re: Stupid Commander Tricks (CloudCraft@aol.com)
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| Subject: | Stupid Commander Tricks |
Kids, don't try this at home.
Winds were ripping across the north-east past couple of days. Yesterday
was rough, but we did see some pretty high ground speeds (only one-way
though, never did understand why).
We had a local job today, and winds were even higher than yesterday. I
had to spiral up to altitude in a relatively still pocket out of the
worst of it. Turning to the north-west the GPS showed a serious drop in
ground speed. Big drop. I figured it might be fun to play a little and
opened the cowl flaps and dropped out the flaps. The GPS dropped through
50kts, 40kts, 30kts as I kept pullling the nose up. I had always
remembered my dad's goofy stories from old Zahns airport where he
instructed, about flying cubs backwards. I had flown cubs slow, but
never backwards. With the Commander held safely just above a gentle
burble it dropped through the 20's and then I hunted a little bit with
the nose to find the slowest sustained speed. We bottomed out at
15kts.... Never could get it to stop. Maybe next time.
Man we had some heady numbers coming back home for a normally aspirated
straight 500B at 7500.
Happy holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kwanza, New Years.
Steve
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| Subject: | Re: Stupid Commander Tricks |
Lest prior post appear irresponsible, this was at 6000' agl. Ok?
----- Original Message -----
From: Steven
To: commander-list@matronics.com
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 7:46 PM
Subject: Commander-List: Stupid Commander Tricks
Kids, don't try this at home.
Winds were ripping across the north-east past couple of days.
Yesterday was rough, but we did see some pretty high ground speeds (only
one-way though, never did understand why).
We had a local job today, and winds were even higher than yesterday. I
had to spiral up to altitude in a relatively still pocket out of the
worst of it. Turning to the north-west the GPS showed a serious drop in
ground speed. Big drop. I figured it might be fun to play a little and
opened the cowl flaps and dropped out the flaps. The GPS dropped through
50kts, 40kts, 30kts as I kept pullling the nose up. I had always
remembered my dad's goofy stories from old Zahns airport where he
instructed, about flying cubs backwards. I had flown cubs slow, but
never backwards. With the Commander held safely just above a gentle
burble it dropped through the 20's and then I hunted a little bit with
the nose to find the slowest sustained speed. We bottomed out at
15kts.... Never could get it to stop. Maybe next time.
Man we had some heady numbers coming back home for a normally
aspirated straight 500B at 7500.
Happy holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kwanza, New Years.
Steve
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| Subject: | Re: Stupid Commander Tricks |
In a message dated 21-Dec-06 18:13:41 Pacific Standard Time, steve2@sover.net
writes:
Lest prior post appear irresponsible, this was at 6000' agl. Ok?
That IS irresponsible. I was hoping you were going to tell us you were able
to land on the top of a semi-truck rolling down the highway -- going the
opposite direction.
By the way, I don't believe there is a Santa Claus or a tail wind. Both are
myths they tell little children.
Wing Commander Gordon
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