GrassStripFlyBoy Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 4 hours ago, Anticept said: I think you got the wrong topic I think this thread got back on track Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingMonkey Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 2 hours ago, GrassStripFlyBoy said: 50, The wild card for me is private airfield that is published as less than 2000', grass and short does not enter well into the calculations... The grass home base is what's hurting you there for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieB Posted October 4, 2021 Report Share Posted October 4, 2021 51 minutes ago, FlyingMonkey said: The grass home base is what's hurting you there for sure. Renewing this year, I noticed they still had Copperhill, TN (paved) as my home base. I advised them of the plane’s move to Big T Airport in Lenoir City, TN (grass). They did not advise me of any change in my quoted renewal. As usual I’ll be holding my breath next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandpiper Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 On 9/4/2021 at 4:37 AM, Warmi said: Is landing CT planes that much more difficult than other LSAs like RV 12 to warrant this claim ? I would think this comparison to C172 would hold for all LSAs … I have given several Flight Reviews over the past 10 years to a neighbor who owned an RV-12. This was a once every 2 years exposure so my experience is limited. But, I will say the control harmony on the RV-12 surpassed that of my CTSW. In the vernacular of the RV crowd, it "flys like an RV". Landings were none events. We sometimes went together as a flight of two with similar weights. His plane could out climb and out run mine. In cruise I had to carry more rpm to stay even. My CTSW is not the fastest CTSW, nor is it the slowest. In 2008 I flew off Roger Hellers wing from my home base to Orland, CA. This was several years before he passed from a massive heart attack as he was doing his run up for take off, with a non pilot passenger! His CTSW was a 2007 like mine and our planes had very similar performance. Purpose of the trip was to meet up with Roger Lee who would install Matco wheels/brakes on Hellers plane. While there, we were hosted by Tony and Rose who owned a 2006(?) CTSW. Tony was active on this forum at one time but haven't seen him post for awhile. Tony was interesting to talk to. He flew Wild Weasel in the F-105 while in Vietnam. Anyway, next day on departure, Heller and I did a formation take off. Tony took off behind us and passed us without breaking a sweat. Definitely a faster plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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