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2. 12:27 PM - Re: Rocket grass ops (Rob Ray)
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| Subject: | Rocket grass ops |
SNIP I have my HR for sale.... and I have a serious buyer who wants to operate
on grass.
My operations are always on pavement. I've ventured onto grass recently..
. tried removing pants 1st just to see what the performance issues were.
Rocket is a lot slower and uglier in that config.
I searched back into rocketlist archive regarding grass field operations.
Rob Ray's comments (Desser tires) are good... Andrew in New Zealand, gra
ss operator.
Anyone else ? What are issues ?
If you are caretaker of your grass strip, how close do you crop the grass.
.. roll the surface... keep it smooth ??
Thanks in advance for your comments.
John Meyers N5800 Sequim WA SNIP
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Rockets love grass. What's the problem? I'd rather land on a grass strip than
paved under normal conditions.
We roll our strip once a year, mow to normal height, and keep an eye out for mole
or other damage. No different than keeping an eye out for chuckholes in pavement.
Vince in SW Indiana
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| Subject: | Re: Rocket grass ops |
John,
--I have operated my Rocket off of my very soft 1800' strip for nearly
five years with no issues. I operated my RV4 from the same strip and many l
ess improved before that, no worries. The airplanes were designed for off f
ield operations until more speed became the ultimate goal from the "group"
and fairings and wheel-pants became closer faired and nearer to terra firma
.-- I modified my HR2 by removing the Sam James pants and fairings and
purchasing a set of Team Rocket leg fairings and Vans Pressure Recovery pan
ts. Using Steve Sampson's RV4 blog as a guide, I installed a set of Aero Cl
assic 380X150X5 main tires and one of Vince's lightweight tall tailwheels o
n my API tailwheel assembly. My friend Ronnie helped me trim the pants at a
height to be 4" above ground at the rear of=0A the tire in level flight at
titude. We cut the hole so the pant blends down around the center of the wh
eel but is higher at the front and back. The first test flight was on a mud
dy day and I immediately noticed the difference in ground handling and the
first landing on soft ground was noticeably less "digging in". The side ben
efit was pavement handling improved as well. Other that that I have gotten
very adept at 69 knot approach speeds and landing on the first blade of gra
ss on short strips. I recommend nothing shorter than 1000' feet unless you
have a mission requirement for such. :) -I have also experimented with pa
rtial flap takeoffs. Ten degrees does help get off quicker into ground effe
ct. That's all I have to say about that!
Good Luck!SmokeyHR2
http://gikonfinsh.blogspot.com/
Steve Sampson's excellent Blog
--- On Sat, 8/14/10, Frazier, Vincent A <VFrazier@usi.edu> wrote:
From: Frazier, Vincent A <VFrazier@usi.edu>
Subject: Rocket-List: Rocket grass ops
SNIP I have my HR for sale.... and I have a serious buyer who wants to oper
ate
on grass.
My operations are always on pavement.- I've ventured onto grass recently.
.
. tried removing pants 1st just to see what the performance issues were.
Rocket is a lot slower and uglier in that config.
I searched back into rocketlist archive regarding grass field operations.
- Rob Ray's comments (Desser tires) are good... Andrew in New Zealand, gr
a
ss operator.
Anyone else=0A ?- What are issues ?
If you are caretaker of your grass strip, how close do you crop the grass.
.. roll the surface... keep it smooth ??
Thanks in advance for your comments.
John Meyers N5800- Sequim WA SNIP
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Rockets love grass.- What's the problem?- I'd rather land on a grass st
rip than paved under normal conditions.
We roll our strip once a year, mow to normal height, and keep an eye out fo
r mole or other damage.- No different than keeping an eye out for chuckho
les in pavement.
Vince in SW Indiana
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