Ok, so I'm getting to the checkride soon. Going through the PTS, the 180 power off to landing kinda has me. The Arrow drops like a rock with gear down, and it is fairly hard to make a safe approach power off like that, let alone within 200ft as the PTS specfies. I always have gear down, downwind during pattern work (and usually on the 45 before turning downwind when entering from outside).
So chatted with the DE I'll be doing the ride with, and he said, yeah, that plane does that, make sure to keep it close; or you could put gear down later. But said to let him know if I was doing that, and it would be go around, so he wasn't to think I forgot gear.
I'd rather get it down. So normal approach, pattern gets big because of the speed of the plane, but if you lose power during that, it'll be hard to make a runway. If you always fly it tight, power on or power off, it is really easy to overshoot final when the power is on.
So, after all that, I'm looking for any tips y'all may have landing an older ArrowII with the Hershy bar wing.
Thanks,
Josh
So chatted with the DE I'll be doing the ride with, and he said, yeah, that plane does that, make sure to keep it close; or you could put gear down later. But said to let him know if I was doing that, and it would be go around, so he wasn't to think I forgot gear.
I'd rather get it down. So normal approach, pattern gets big because of the speed of the plane, but if you lose power during that, it'll be hard to make a runway. If you always fly it tight, power on or power off, it is really easy to overshoot final when the power is on.
So, after all that, I'm looking for any tips y'all may have landing an older ArrowII with the Hershy bar wing.
Thanks,
Josh