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Old 16th Feb 2015, 07:57
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mary meagher
 
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Stepturn, touching the nosewheel down before the main wheels? over here I think we call it performing a wheelbarrow maneuver....

When it comes to pulling up a glider with a Supercub, in most cases the performance is much better when NO flaps are used. But if you are towing an antique and require a very slow airspeed, why then flaps are used on takeoff.

As for approach and landing in a cross wind, intending to touch down at a higher speed with more control over travel when rolling out after landing, half flaps is recommended. But if landing into wind, the slower the better, so full flaps, please. I did land the cub in a wind so strong that on touchdown, we enjoyed a ZERO groundspeed ! And so waited for a few heavy chaps to walk us backwards to the hangar. Enough is enough on a day like that.
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