What is up everyone. So today the mission is simple
I'm going to practice super short landings. Stay tuned.
Okay
Okay so let's start off with a wheeler. Okay let's get that speed down.
Rhino park traffic, Whisky Whisky Hotel right-hand downwind zero-niner
will be climbing out to 6,000 foot, will be heading towards north
Alright that was a -up
Rhino park traffic, Echo Bravo Uniform lining up on zero-niner for a right-hand out, routing to Bronkhorstspruit...
Rhino park traffic, India Juliet Charlie final approach, runway one-one on the gravel, full stop landing.
Okay now I'm gonna do a three-pointer.
I wanna keep that speed...
Rhino park traffic, Whisky Whisky Hotel, right-hand downwind, zero-niner full stop landing.
Morning
That should be about 150 meters I think, let's see.
Yeah that's about 120 meters, I think. Maybe less, 100.
So that landing actually the mains touched first, I felt it, even though I was fully
um back pressure on the stick, to flare. Which is kind of interesting I suppose.
Rhino park traffic, India Juliet Charlie on a right-hand downwind, runway one-one on the gravel, full stop landing .
Okay I'm gonna try another wheeler, full flaps, see if I can do better this time.
Wheeaaaa that was my best, but that wasn't very good.
oh my word
That was about 150 meters I think.
I probably don't need to backtrack every time, I think there's still enough
runway to actually take off again. But, you know, just playing it safe.
As they say, three things that are useless in aviation is runway behind you
altitude above you, and fuel back on the ground. So let's keep that runway in front of me.
I think the takeoffs are not too bad either, I think it's about 150 meters.
Let's go
Slowly taking the flaps away
Picking up speed
Okay, let's climb.
Okay let's do another three-pointer, I think they are doing a little bit better than the wheelers at this stage.
Dropping like a rock.
Okay that's the speed I want.
Oh that one was crap as well.
That was a very very crap landing.
Uhm, yeah
Let's see if I can do better.
uh it's hard to work this, and I'm not used to coming in this slowly. I've got an insect in
the cockpit. Probably want to let that out before I take off. I hope it's not a wasp.
Maybe that should be the title of this video, insect in the cockpit.
I'm sure that'll get me a whole bunch of views, maybe 10, maybe 20. Who knows?
Okay where is it now?
Okay I can't find it. I'm just gonna have to ignore it. Okay let's do another wheeler , try a wheeler again.
Rhino park traffic, Echo Bravo Uniform on a right-hand downwind for zero-niner, full stop.
Well, it felt smoother, but not necessarily all that good. I think let's do one last one.
That one, yeah that was a good at least 150 meters I think.
Oh by the way I roped in my dad, um you might have seen me seen him in the wing cam already
when I backtrack, to come film this from the ground.
Rhino park traffic, India Juliet Charlie now turning final approach runway one-one on the gravel, full stop landing.
Rhino park routing southerly for Petit and will be changing one two five decimal uh
uh that' a stop.
most of them was between 100 meters and 150 meters. Like I said I think the airplane can
definitely do better, I'm at my limits there. Um I think the airplane can come down to
maybe like 80 meter landings consistently, I believe so. The fact that there's no wind
wasn't exactly helping, but at least then I know my distances are honest
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