High Sierra Fly in video

[GWright6970]

Probably one of the Best Top Five Kitfox videos ever!! Love it! Thanks for putting it together and sharing it!

[Norm]

First plane to come to a stop wins!

It's a very interesting event because it levels the playing field between a lot of heavy and lightweight airplanes.

I noticed you and the cub Slip through part of the course. Is that to stop sooner.

[trentp]

I noticed you and the cub Slip through part of the course. Is that to stop sooner.

Yeah, to slow down from full cruise speed down to landing speed as quick as possible.

He was doing it too early though. I found that the longer I stayed at full speed the faster my overall time was. Its just a balancing act of not staying on the power too long and then overshooting the line and taking up more time by going further than necessary. Ideally you would be at full cruise until the last second possible, then pull the power, slip to get rid of speed rapidly, pull flaps while still in a slip and straighten out of the slip right at touchdown speed right at the line. Then as soon as you touch down get rid of flaps and grab as much brake as you can safely.

Its a blast!

[Norm]

Great job of showing the Cub the true value of a KitFox. Half to a third the price of a Carbon cub with most of the performance. I think I will forward the video to a friend that flys a Carbon Cub.

[Ramos]

Yeah, to slow down from full cruise speed down to landing speed as quick as possible.

He was doing it too early though. I found that the longer I stayed at full speed the faster my overall time was. Its just a balancing act of not staying on the power too long and then overshooting the line and taking up more time by going further than necessary. Ideally you would be at full cruise until the last second possible, then pull the power, slip to get rid of speed rapidly, pull flaps while still in a slip and straighten out of the slip right at touchdown speed right at the line. Then as soon as you touch down get rid of flaps and grab as much brake as you can safely.

Its a blast!

While you make it sound so simple, I am sure a cockpit mounted camera would show you with very busy hands and feet!
Thanks for sharing the video. Next best thing to being there.