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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
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