I learned on a grass runway and was never told to takeoff any different than the hard runways we also trained on. Same for landing. And my instructor had over 27,000 hours going back to before Viet Nam. He flew both helos and fixed wing in Nam. One of the few to fly both. He flew small high wings for observation.
You should do your runup on a hard surface. Once you are ready, you set your takeoff configuration, then taxi from the hard surface while checking the skies and listening to the radio, with the control wheel back to take pressure off the nose wheel. You keep moving, like they said, out on to the runway and takeoff. You should learn the details from an experienced instructor because it's a strange change from a hard surface and reacting wrong can result in an accident.
Its up to you, but i would recomend if the ground is very bumpy then i would focus on maneuvering the plane till it stops or slows down to taxispeed. You have all the time in the world to do it after that.
I don’t think so, generally. Maybe is it’s a soft short field but like the video says that take special training. I’ve been taught to raise flaps for short field landing because it transfers weight from the wings to the wheels by killing lift. I think the objective of soft field landings is to keep as much weight off the wheels as possible until the plane slows down enough. I’m only a student so grain of salt but this is what I’ve learned
@@christianlogsdon6483 Well i am talking only from the experience of an LSA / Ultralight Plane. Thouse planes dont need much runway anyway and i only land on Soft ground like grass. So if you land correctly and not to fast then by the time the flaps are raised, which for elektricly controled flaps takes as much as 5 seconds, the speed of the plane will be way below stall speed. Maybe if you have manual flaps or on bush planes.
I learned on a grass runway and was never told to takeoff any different than the hard runways we also trained on. Same for landing. And my instructor had over 27,000 hours going back to before Viet Nam. He flew both helos and fixed wing in Nam. One of the few to fly both. He flew small high wings for observation.
You should do your runup on a hard surface. Once you are ready, you set your takeoff configuration, then taxi from the hard surface while checking the skies and listening to the radio, with the control wheel back to take pressure off the nose wheel. You keep moving, like they said, out on to the runway and takeoff. You should learn the details from an experienced instructor because it's a strange change from a hard surface and reacting wrong can result in an accident.
Best video on soft work great job
When I visited a few weeks ago, I saw a bunch of 172's. Do you also have a tail wheel plane for training?
We do not have a tailwheel airplane available for rent at this time, sorry.
Is it a good technique to put the flaps all the way up upon touchdown and with full back pressure?
Its up to you, but i would recomend if the ground is very bumpy then i would focus on maneuvering the plane till it stops or slows down to taxispeed. You have all the time in the world to do it after that.
I don’t think so, generally. Maybe is it’s a soft short field but like the video says that take special training. I’ve been taught to raise flaps for short field landing because it transfers weight from the wings to the wheels by killing lift. I think the objective of soft field landings is to keep as much weight off the wheels as possible until the plane slows down enough. I’m only a student so grain of salt but this is what I’ve learned
@@christianlogsdon6483 Well i am talking only from the experience of an LSA / Ultralight Plane. Thouse planes dont need much runway anyway and i only land on Soft ground like grass. So if you land correctly and not to fast then by the time the flaps are raised, which for elektricly controled flaps takes as much as 5 seconds, the speed of the plane will be way below stall speed. Maybe if you have manual flaps or on bush planes.