Chris, Two suggestions to avoid bouncing: firstly hold off until the
speed has decayed enough that you touch down tail wheel first.
Effectively avoid putting the wheel on the ground, holding off just off
the ground until the plane lands itself. If you touch down too fast the
AOI is inevitably such that you touch main wheel first and you cannot
avoid a bounce. Secondly if you have a reasonable amount of runway to
play with you can touch down with the throttle slightly open and shut it
at the point of touch down. I prefer the first of these approaches but
it does take a while to get really comfortable with it. If you do
decouple the flaps and gear, you have one extra thing to get wrong and
will add considerably to your chances of landing wheels up when you find
yourself stressed or distracted.
Regards, David Joyce, GXSDJ
On 2021-05-27 18:54, n7188u wrote:
>
> This is an interesting topic which I am also interested.
>
> My interest is in that I am of the opinion that the monowheel could
> become easier to land in gusty or crosswind conditions if the flaps
> could be decoupled from the gear. How many airplanes have you flown out
> there where they recommend leaving full flaps when dealing with windy
> conditions?
>
> Now, in fairness to the design, I am very new to the monowheel and
> still learning. I may find that as I gain more experience it becomes
> more controllable during landing in such conditions. My issue is not
> directional control, it is that when the wind is gusty I can't make the
> airplane stay on the ground once I land. The combination of a light
> airplane with lots of lift and full flaps makes it want to get up in
> the air again even if speed is low.
>
> One thing to keep in mind though is that the flaps are only down 26 or
> so degrees so it's not too extreme. Seems enough though to give you a
> few nice scares when it gets back in the air when you really really
> slow. At the very least it's annoying.
>
> I guess one way to achieve that is to fix them in the down position but
> that's so ugly.
>
> I think I saw a picture of a monowheel out there that has them
> decoupled.
>
> Chris
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=502072#502072
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