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Old 6th Dec 2006, 20:03
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BEACH KING
 
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Rat, Agree with the above posts regarding high approach speed. With full flaps my A36 will stall at 56 knots, and if you have to do a short field landing you can just about scrape the tail on the ground with a large nose up attitude.
Have only done about 70 hours in the forky tail, but the thing that struck me compared to an A36 was the light feel of the elevator. This is due to the A36 having a huge lead weight on the elevator cable. The V series does not have this, and thus if not familiar with the A36 may appear to be at the end of elevator travel.
If I find myself the only POB in the situation where I have to flair >70knots, I wind on some extra back trim so that some slight foward pressure is needed to maintain the approach angle, then not as much back pressure is needed to flair


Lets not get into the 210 v bonanza debate again!
They are chalk and cheese.
210.. Great workhorse/charter/bush machine. Carries a load and flies like a truck (and a Mack at that, as Kenworths steer a heap better and nowhere near as rough or ugly)

Bonanza.. Unbreakable easy to fly good fast personal transport.
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