Way to go Clive. Here in the States our second hand owners rarely call oth
er mono owners or get checked out properly before they have a confidence ru
ining incident. I=92ve even had one myself in the mono I should have not l
et happen.
I=92ve attached a copy of a paper I did some years ago (and frankly lost) f
or my clients and new mono owners back in 2010 not for anything other than
the importance of keeping it straight. As one client said, =93I don=92t th
ink you emphasize it enough.=94 You have hit almost all of my points much
more succinctly. I=92m pretty much in sink with Andy, I just don=92t raise
the tail as high on takeoff. I=92m just aggressive, no down right nasty,
about keeping the pitch attitude steady on takeoff.
Congrats Again!
Bud Yerly
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Subject: Europa-List: Tri-gear to Mono Conversion
G-YETI and its owner is flying, having recently completed 5hrs type-convers
ion with Andy Draper under the LAA pilot-coaching scheme. Not sure how man
y have gone in this direction - but i'm keen to try and persevere with it.
Compared to a 910lb empty Tri-gear, my 825lb empty Mono performance with g
ear and flap up is really an improvement.
Essential handling advice from Andy was: 1) stick fully back to keep the t
ail-wheel in play at TO start - and as soon as the a/c is settled on the gr
ound during landing, 2) gradually let the pressure bring the stick forwards
on TO so that its just aft of neutral at unstick speed (44kt in my case),
3) use aileron to counter sidewinds as required - again, to be more or less
neutral at un-stick on TO, 4) gradually open the throttle at TO and use su
stained bursts of throttle during landing if a balloon occurs . I've also
been gradually using the same approach for landing the Mono as i would for
a night landing - i.e. gradual reduction of power and trying to land the ta
il first - rather than definite 'flair' actions, 5) anticipate nose-up at f
lap/gear lever operation 6) if a bumpy strip launches you into the air clos
e to flying speed on TO, judicious stick forwards can recover the tendency
to 'wallow' in ground effect.
We fly a lovely aeroplane whatever type we have. All that development time
was worth it . . .
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