2100' riduculously short for a Lancair. As a novice Lancair flyer, I have made a 2145 strip with a 15 kt headwind and standing on the brakes. The pucker factor was quite high. In hindsight I should have refused and accepted a cross wind for the alternative 8250 ' main runway at sunshine coast airport.

I have landed on 2640'  strip with new grove wheels and brakes but would not want to make it a regular thing if I had the choice.

Another consideration is the width of the strip-it is very easy to get blown off the runway with a 15-20 kt cross wind on a narrow strip. Almost left the runway once on "wide" runway (3000' + landing distance) and wind at touchdown happened to gust to 22 kt all cross wind (outside limits for aircraft).

Gerard



> Keith Smith <keith.smith@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you for all of the replies, it's been very helpful. I've elected
> to
> take Ian up on his offer and will be buying his AIS from his 360, which
> was
> originally supplied by Lancair.
>
> I am sure the time will come when I need to call Michelle, though, so
> thanks
> for the info, Bob!
>
> The timetable for obtaining the plane has been accelerated, it's being
> delivered on Monday to my local airport.  I haven't been able to sleep
> well
> for the past 3 nights...it's all quite exciting.  It's a 1992 small tail
> 360
> with an O-360.  N360JH
>
> The owner's CFI will be ferrying it from Kentucky to my home airport,
> Lincoln Park (N07). If the demo ride isn't a complete cluster, the deal
> will
> be sealed, and training will begin the very same day.  I have about 130
> hours in DA-20's/40's (low wing with a stick), the remaining 170hrs are
> in...*deep breath* 172's.  Clearly this is a big step up, and I will
> take
> the training seriously, taking as long as is needed to become
> comfortable
> with the plane. My home strip has 2100ft and 2600ft available for
> landing (1
> runway, displaced thresholds), so I know this will be somewhat tight.
>
> If, after the training, I don't feel completely comfortable with that
> strip,
> I will house the plane at another nearby airport, 20 mins away (instead
> of
> N07, which is 3 mins from the house!).
>
> I suppose it wouldn't be a bad idea to ask the list members for their
> opinions on basing a 'stock' 360 out of a 2100/2600/2900ft strip (rwy 1
> ldg
> length, rwy 19 ldg length, 1/19 usable length for takeoff,
> respectively).
> My original home airport was 2600ft (KSQL in northern california).
>
> Thanks for the welcome. This looks like a high quality list.
>
> Keith