landing

[slam555]

I'm new to this community and new to the tail wheel planes, I'm using the taylorcraft to finish my training for my licsense, and to build time while I restore the plane, I have soloed, and taken the flights for the tailwheel endorsement, but due the lack of planes to rent, repairs to the runways, I bought my own plane.
If anyone could help with some numbers on final speed, and landing speed, whats the best way to reach them engine settings I would greatly appreciate it, as would my instructor.

[Ragwing nut]

My response may not be the one you want to hear, but you need to go fly it and learn what it wants. The model you have, the rigging, the engine, the empty weight, etc, all play apart that will make your plane fly different than someone else's. Take the numbers you get from the internet as a rough idea and go learn. No two planes will fly exactly the same. What tailwheel time does your instructor have? I'm guessing no tcraft time based upon your post.

[slam555]

yeah no tcraft time for either of us, I learned on a Ryan and after 12 landings I was told I was certified, to which i felt it was bull. I have been careful about learning , and my instructor works with me on it, I have videos on him taking off and landing and they look perfect, couldn't ask for anything better.
I have been working on this plane since I bought it, it was not cared for very well, the controls were stiff, the windows glazed over, gas leaks, the radio doesn't work, but the plane flies well.
I dug in and found every pulley, and U joints, now the controls slide with ease, new fuel line fixed 1 of the leaks, found another small one at the tank, I made new windows for the doors, the windscreen was new when I bought it, the door windows now open, doors close easily and stay closed. the throttle cable is the one its supposed to have not a mixture cable thats been rigged in. it got new oil, and filter with a new air filter and new plugs (the old ones were all carboned up). the left wing seems heavy, and on landing it tends to yaw to the left, so it might be the inexperience of the pilot, or it might need some adjustment, I've read in the manual that if a wing is heavy, theres a strut adjustment to wash the wing out or in, to which I don't know exactly what that is, I'll have to discuss it with my A&P,
Even With the issues, the plane in the air is very smooth and docile, with both of us in the plane it stalls right at 40 the needle hit the edge of the green line, and the nose went right over straight and easy no major issues other than the transfer of the rudder, control to the tailwheel on landing,
My plan is to fly it for the remainder of this year and the next, when the weather goes bad, I'll disassemble it take it home for its recovering and restoration, for now I enjoy working on it and flying it, and it seems the longer I have it the better it looks

[waltermrich]

My Tcraft is a BC12d with a 65, i use 60mph for lift off and 60mph for final, a lot like a Cub.

[slam555]

thats good to know, we'll try to keep to those number thanks

[slam555]

mines got the 85

[3Dreaming]

Take it up and stall it and see what indicated speed it stalls at, then multiply by 1.5. That should be close for your approach speed for a normal landing. I like to bump it up by 5 mph for a wheel landing approach. For a short field landing fly the approach at 1.3 stall speed.

[Ragwing nut]

Take it up and stall it and see what indicated speed it stalls at, then multiply by 1.5. That should be close for your approach speed for a normal landing. I like to bump it up by 5 mph for a wheel landing approach. For a short field landing fly the approach at 1.3 stall speed.

The short noses really don't like to wheel land. Tried with all 3 I flew but I just didn't like the speed I had to carry. My deluxe with the O-200 wasn't bad to wheel land, the F-21 was easy. Will see how the F-19 I'm finishing does soon.