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Good Morning Tylor,
Maybe they were just doing what their boss told them to do?
Aerodynamic braking is a very potent force often encouraged by the operator
to save wear and tear on the brakes. The ability of the pilot to hold the
nose in the air is dependent on elevator authority. As a general rule, the
closer the CG is to the rear limit, the stronger the elevator authority.
The outfit I once worked for encouraged us to take advantage of
aerodynamic braking whenever practical, but to be careful that we lowered the
nose
wheel to the ground while we still had control rather than just letting it
drop when the elevator lost it's punch.
As always, technique is the key to success.
Been a very long time since I last flew an Aero Commander, but the memories
are pleasant.
Happy Skies,
Old Bob
AKA
Bob Siegfried
Downers Grove, Illinois
In a message dated 3/11/2012 9:30:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
tylorhall@mac.com writes:
--> Commander-List message posted by: Tylor Hall <tylorhall@mac.com>
When I lived in Kansas City, I would watch the A/C from Central Air land
back at Downtown airport on the mains and hold the nose wheel off for over
500' down the runway until it had to come down. They seem to do it to show
off a little. Two or three aircraft would land and each was trying to keep
the nose wheel off longer that the one before him.
These were 500B's and these were flown 5-6 days a week hauling boxes all
over the midwest.
Tylor Hall
On Mar 11, 2012, at 6:27 PM, cybersuperstore wrote:
> --> Commander-List message posted by: "cybersuperstore"
<nico@cybersuperstore.com>
>
> Depending on one's style, one can hold the flare until a high deck angle
is
> achieved making the touch-down speed real low, thus saving on tires and
> brakes. A few inches above the runway is about the only place where one
> would want to be in this configuration.
> After a bit of practice it is possible to transition into this
configuration
> in one fluid motion, land on the numbers, hold the nose off the ground
for a
> while and roll to the first exit without applying brakes.
>
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