Well,
bubbers44, that's what I sorta expected.
Almost.
In my T-craft, runway length is hardly a problem, but obstacle clearance at local fields can be a challenge. So I slip with the nose well down to kill some L/D - I couldn't tell you my IAS if I had to, my eyeballs are outside the plane. Gotta do it that way, got no RA, and I un-slip it at about 10 feet.
Many years ago my dad test-flew a rebuilt J-3 for a friend. After a half-hour airwork, he came back and landed first time using no more than 500 feet of runway. Although he had plenty of prior J-3 time, that had been 20 years earlier.
But thanks for the "big iron" perspective.
