Beaver on skis
Beaver on skis
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Flight training on lakes and rivers, frozen surface with up to 30 cm of snow on 20 cm ice. Weight is close to but less than max. Sea level. Terrain is up to 200 feet of hills with trees above the lake/river elevation.
Flying a Beaver compared with a C185.
Consider that you want to drag the lake before landing.
What minimum distance would you desire between the shores of the lake or along the river?
How much room would you want in order to make a 90 degree turn on the ice at, say, 60 knots tail up?
How would you decide your abort point? How much distance would you want ahead by the time you put on full power to takeoff again?
I might be a bit of a coward with this; I would appreciate input/advice to develop a procedure for this type of training.