Budd Davisson quip about Taylorcrafts at Oshkosh

[Frank DeBartolo]

Re: Budd Davisson quip about Taylorcrafts at Oshkosh

Dan,

Your comments confirm my conceptualization of this issue.

Thanks,

Frank DeBartolo

[Frank DeBartolo]

Re: Budd Davisson quip about Taylorcrafts at Oshkosh

I also like Forest's technique of being a little high and having to slip a little, or a lot, or not at all depending on the wind gradient. That may be a good way to be ahead of any changes to lift on final approach due to themals and/or winds.

Frank D.
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[Forrest Barber]

Re: Budd Davisson quip about Taylorcrafts at Oshkosh

My teachers , Instructors, soloed in 1923 & 1930 respectively. You can bet your butt they would have never landed short. I still use high & slip or a wee bit high and final flap when needed.....

[DanBrown]

Re: Budd Davisson quip about Taylorcrafts at Oshkosh

We all do. Almost all my landings contain a slip to lose excess altitude. The exception is usually when a longer landing is desired to avoid a long taxi on the runway before a turnoff.

[jim cooper]

Re: Budd Davisson quip about Taylorcrafts at Oshkosh

Landing, to me is one of the best parts of flying. I like to be a little high, but if I'm not I slip it anyway. The T-Craft likes to slip and comes down just right to 5-10 feet off when I staighten it out and try to 3 point it perfectly. (Perfectly seldom occurs on asphalt but I get lucky on grass quite often.) To me, the T-Craft is just a great flying airplane. I'm lucky to have it and am lucky to have met Russ Hardy who built it. Afellow at the airport (W42) has 3 of them, one on floats. He also has a twin Commanche, A lancair, and a trophy Stinson 108. (which is for sale.) He, like me is 73 and says quote " The Taylorcraft is just a great flying airplane. He is a retired Physicist and some times flys the T Craft to New Haven Conn. to lecture at Yale. Currently he has about 2000 hrs. in T-crafts alone. Flys 5-6 times a week. P.S. If I land short, the T-Craft responds by my adding just a touch of throttle and slow flying up the runway, 2-3 three feet off, then going to idle and it settles right on, no bad habits.JC