As a new instrument pilot, I am trying to develop routines that will serve me well. Most of my approaches in training were low approaches without many landings (probably a flaw to avoid for others - I should have been doing T&G's occasionally). I have a 6A with a FP prop. I flew most of my approaches around 95-100 Kias and liked the stability afforded at this speed. I have no problem slowing down to flap speed on the non-precision approaches. However, the ILS and LPV's are different.
The other day I did a practice LPV to test my new 430W. I decided to do a T&G and at 250' I tried to slow down an add flaps. That wasn't going to happen without leveling off for a bit or slipping it (probably don't want to do that with 200/1 ). During my training, I just planned to land long without flaps on the ILS', as most have longer runways and wouldn't be an issue. Now that I have Waas and LPV's, I could be shooting approaches to 250' on shorter runways. I admittedly haven't gone out yet to figure out what I can realistically do to lose speed in this situation. That is the plan for this weekend.
I have read quite a few posts here about slowing down and adding flaps once the runway is made. However, I suspect most of these folks have CS props. I like the stability of the faster approaches, but I need a plan for when I expect to pop out at 200 or 300'. I am wondering what others with FP props do. I am thinking that I will need to slow down to 80 Kias and add flaps when I intercept the GS when I am expecting a low ceiling.
Thanks in advance for sharing your experience here.
Larry
The other day I did a practice LPV to test my new 430W. I decided to do a T&G and at 250' I tried to slow down an add flaps. That wasn't going to happen without leveling off for a bit or slipping it (probably don't want to do that with 200/1 ). During my training, I just planned to land long without flaps on the ILS', as most have longer runways and wouldn't be an issue. Now that I have Waas and LPV's, I could be shooting approaches to 250' on shorter runways. I admittedly haven't gone out yet to figure out what I can realistically do to lose speed in this situation. That is the plan for this weekend.
I have read quite a few posts here about slowing down and adding flaps once the runway is made. However, I suspect most of these folks have CS props. I like the stability of the faster approaches, but I need a plan for when I expect to pop out at 200 or 300'. I am wondering what others with FP props do. I am thinking that I will need to slow down to 80 Kias and add flaps when I intercept the GS when I am expecting a low ceiling.
Thanks in advance for sharing your experience here.
Larry