kenjr
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For better or worse, I'm doing my PPL in a 235. 
I love the airplane and have the maneuvering down - I love flying it. I feel great in the pattern but have read/watched several different approach options and see folks doing a variety of different things. Some folks cut power at the fence and use a little to keep ~75 to the runway...others are at 2000-21000 RPM all the way down and cut well after they've made the runway. I just can't figure out how someone can keep 2000+ RPM and maintain 70-80 on final?
I feel great on my approaches...just get to where I know I made the runway and trying to figure out what works best for me. I know there's several ways to skin the cat here. It's been some work to get used to the low wing/ground effect and to keep from flaring to hard and bouncing back up but I have managed to grease a few landings. Unfortunately, I've been flying in nasty winds lately...good learning experience...but frustrating. I'd like a calm day to get to know how it feels coming down...but this time of year for me that's probably going to be a rare occasion. We've been at steady 8-12mph the last 3 times I've flown with gusts today up to 27. Fun times....
Anyway, I bought one of those Contour nflightcam's and recorded some video. All comments/feedback accepted.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-RU3WNcgb0[/ame]
I love the airplane and have the maneuvering down - I love flying it. I feel great in the pattern but have read/watched several different approach options and see folks doing a variety of different things. Some folks cut power at the fence and use a little to keep ~75 to the runway...others are at 2000-21000 RPM all the way down and cut well after they've made the runway. I just can't figure out how someone can keep 2000+ RPM and maintain 70-80 on final?I feel great on my approaches...just get to where I know I made the runway and trying to figure out what works best for me. I know there's several ways to skin the cat here. It's been some work to get used to the low wing/ground effect and to keep from flaring to hard and bouncing back up but I have managed to grease a few landings. Unfortunately, I've been flying in nasty winds lately...good learning experience...but frustrating. I'd like a calm day to get to know how it feels coming down...but this time of year for me that's probably going to be a rare occasion. We've been at steady 8-12mph the last 3 times I've flown with gusts today up to 27. Fun times....
Anyway, I bought one of those Contour nflightcam's and recorded some video. All comments/feedback accepted.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-RU3WNcgb0[/ame]
