T28D - Perhaps I didn't realise the clause earlier when I was flying slower aircraft, or CASA defined high performance aircraft as aircraft that fly >120kt ccts.
I also fly tight ccts but instead of extending downwind, I drop full flap and accept a larger RoD. Although the flaps in the piston acft that i fly most allows for this since they are hydraulically actuated and if both engines fail (read: hydraulic pumps fail) they will retract with the airflow provided I pull the electrical hyd pump ccb. People on the ground always make comments on "how high were you on downwind?" etc But i dont like extending the cct to more than it needs to be.
The result for me is that I cant get a good short cct that im comfortable with. Are today's instructors teaching larger ccts in these " high performance " acft? Does anybody expect a light twin to be at 1500' on downwind? How many people have changed their flying technique to suit 1500' rule? I have but I dont like it.