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Dan208B said:
Hey looks like a neat trip! Sorry you had some problems along the way. I have a pacer, love it! Original pacer or a tri conversion?
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Conversion. That one was done right so that it kept going straight after touchdown. The only thing that I didn't like about it in the 3 landings and 9 hours I have in that one, was that it ran out of aileron way too soon in a crosswind. Had to make a last second conversion to a wheel landing with a bunch of power to keep the wing down and us going straight. I will add it to my list of possible first airplanes to own though.
 
tlewis95 said:
Conversion. That one was done right so that it kept going straight after touchdown. The only thing that I didn't like about it in the 3 landings and 9 hours I have in that one, was that it ran out of aileron way too soon in a crosswind. Had to make a last second conversion to a wheel landing with a bunch of power to keep the wing down and us going straight. I will add it to my list of possible first airplanes to own though.
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My original owners manual from the conversion says wheel landings not recommended, so I've never tried it. Not a big fan of them in general anyways. How does it do?
 
Dan208B said:
Awesome! Love widgeons too. Grumman amphibs are a dream of mine. I have always tried to remain in the GA world while still doing the airline thing, but hope to do the seaplane thing at some point. I feel like a widgeon would be a good place to start in the multi sea world. Would really love to have a goose some day...
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Speaking of the Grumman seaplanes. I didn't have my camera out the other day, but I more or less got buzzed by an Albatross in Ft. Pierce. It was cool to see a seaplane that big fly right by.
 
Dan208B said:
My original owners manual from the conversion says wheel landings not recommended, so I've never tried it. Not a big fan of them in general anyways. How does it do?
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Really? Nobody told me that. Haha. I did that last second 3pt to wheel conversion when I saw I wasn't going to have enough aileron for the wind. Wasn't really a big deal. The previous owner recommended to me that if I was going to wheel land it, to trim it forward so that when you touch down you just release the back pressure to pin it on. He mostly 3-pointed it as well though.
 
tlewis95 said:
Really? Nobody told me that. Haha. I did that last second 3pt to wheel conversion when I saw I wasn't going to have enough aileron for the wind. Wasn't really a big deal. The previous owner recommended to me that if I was going to wheel land it, to trim it forward so that when you touch down you just release the back pressure to pin it on. He mostly 3-pointed it as well though.
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Haha it seemed weird to me, I've done a lot of them in other airplanes. I believe the RV-6 and 7 also have the same recommendation from the manufacturer.
 
KSCessnaDriver said:
Speaking of the Grumman seaplanes. I didn't have my camera out the other day, but I more or less got buzzed by an Albatross in Ft. Pierce. It was cool to see a seaplane that big fly right by.
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Was it this Albatross ?
 

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It's an albatross. I was thinking it was a mallard, but they dont have the little nipple thing on the nose.
 
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