It was too nice a day not to go flying this afternoon, so decided to do a little aviation Tri-athalon. First I emptied out the Rocket for a little acro session. I started with aileron rolls, moved on to spins left and right, and finished up with a couple loops and a half cuban 8.
Next I came back to the airport for some short field practice. I did some touch and goes, focused on getting down and stopped in less than 1500 ft, out of 6 landings I managed to get 4 of them well short of 1500, but botched the other 2, I crossed the fence with too much speed and rolled through the 1500 mark. The rocket can get in pretty short, but you better do everything just right!
Finally as darkness fell I ran out and did a simulated RNAV GPS approach to cap off the 1.4 hr flight. Very few planes can do all three of these disciplines at all, let alone do them all in one flight!!
Next I came back to the airport for some short field practice. I did some touch and goes, focused on getting down and stopped in less than 1500 ft, out of 6 landings I managed to get 4 of them well short of 1500, but botched the other 2, I crossed the fence with too much speed and rolled through the 1500 mark. The rocket can get in pretty short, but you better do everything just right!
Finally as darkness fell I ran out and did a simulated RNAV GPS approach to cap off the 1.4 hr flight. Very few planes can do all three of these disciplines at all, let alone do them all in one flight!!