Piaggio ground handling

[gunfyter]

3400 feet! I think I have stopped the CASA in about 600 feet....

 

[glasspilot]

3400 feet! I think I have stopped the CASA in about 600 feet....

Really? How do ya do that?! Do you shout "9-9-9!" or "crazy crazy crazy!" to get it to stop?

 

[gunfyter]

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/c-212-specs.htm

You'd be surprised what you can do when your life depends on it. :laugh:

Its a STOL aircraft. The AFM has zero wind minimum t/o distance of 400 meters and landing distance at 300 meters. Touchdown at 75 kias with a 30 kt headwind ... Yes I estimate it was about 600 feet. Maybe it was 700 LOL. But I think it could be cut down with a little 9-9-9.

I was just surprised the Piaggo had that long a landing distance. Thats longer than the Falcon.

 

[RoughAir]

Your right rettofly, I meant that I would never touch the brakes until 80 knots on rollout and then get off them at 40 knots. You can easily blow the tires or cause a big flat spot if the brakes were applied too soon after touchdown.

 

[G4dude]

3400 feet! I think I have stopped the CASA in about 600 feet....

I landed a MU-2 in 800 feet one day, without using brakes. Fun plane.

 

[brokeflyer]

I landed a MU-2 in 800 feet one day, without using brakes. Fun plane.

I dont there's a lotta guys here that really care what you did with an airplane. Think about that for a while.

 

[gunfyter]

I landed a MU-2 in 800 feet one day, without using brakes. Fun plane.

I don't know if this Otter used 200 feet. I guess the guys in the Casa didn't know it was a contest
CASA Vs. OTTER Landing

 

[gunfyter]

This is an interesting thread

#6 (permalink)

 

[rettofly]

This is an interesting thread

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It stopped being interesting when the pecker waving started.

 

[gunfyter]

Maybe. Somebody recently asked me if I thought the Piaggio would be a good plane to go into short fields and I said yes based on my experience with Pratt powered twin beechcraft airplanes. But I see its a different animal. It uses as much runway as a jet.