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Old 14th March 2008 | 14:14
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znww5
 
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PompeyPaul . . . which PA28 do you fly?

I fly a PA28-161 taper wing Warrior II which stalls at 50kts clean and 45kt full flaps.

The approach speeds for that (in knots) are:

Normal: 70kt then 65kt over the fence
Glide: 75kt then 65kt over the fence
Flapless: 75kt then 70kt over the fence

Maybe it was just a typo and you meant 80mph approach?

Getting back on thread, I usually add half the mean gust difference on blowy days ie 15G25 would add 5kts to my approach speed. As most PA28 taper-wing drivers will testify, you really need to nail the approach speed accurately otherwise you'll float into the next county .
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