Thread: hi from scotland

I started flying lessons mid Oct 09 , Bought a aeroprat A22 foxbat ( valour ) in jan , passed my test in april and then lost the a22 in a hanger fire mid May , So bought a CTSW at the end of june . I always wanted a ct but thought it would be more prudent to start my flying in a forgiving aircraft hence the a22 . I have done 60 hrs P1 on a22 & 3hrs on ctsw ( flying it home with instructor ) , the weather hasn't be kind so i am keen to get up and consolidate my landings , Reading this site has helped me to understand so much about landing , can't wait to get started (fri weather permitting )

kenny d

Kenny d,

Where in Scotland are you located?

lakeviewflying

I live in a strathaven , which is about 20 miles south of glasgow , our airfield is 1 mile from my house which did hold 18 aircraft untill the fire,

kenny d

Hi Kenny,
Heard about your big fire on the grapevine, hope everyone got throught it ok.
I,m based over in Letterkenny, Donegal and been flying the CT2K for almost 200 hours over this last year. Great machine which has taken me all over Europe and over the Pyrenees at 13000ft. It did take a few hours to get the knack of the sight picture when landing, because of the width and no sighting hardware near the winscreen. Don't be afraid to bring it in nice and slow, i've found anymore than 50 knots on approach leads to an overly long float down the runway. Anyway, welcome to the
CT family and you'll never be short of grins when flying it.
Mac

Hi mac,
I wanted to go to your local fly in but a change in the law made that very difficult . I have done about 6 landings, 10 days ago, on the day we brought it home , I was using 40 deg flaps with no power, got it down but it was intersting !, I have now read (on this site) about landings , looking forward to puting it into practice , I believe the 2k has a slower stall speed , the manual say's to approach at 50kts slowing to 45kts over threshold but doesn't specify deg of flaps ?

kenny d

Kenny,
Unless I was putting it down in anything less than 250 yards I've stopped using 40 degrees and tend to use 30 degrees. I find the aircraft wallows a lot less and there is definitely more elevator available for the round out and flare. Like yourself most of my flying is into very short strips and the CT can be put down anywhere the other microlights can get into. I did nothing but circuits, circuits and more circuits after I bought it and it's the only way to get a feel for the landing phase. It got so ingrained in me that when I fly into a commercial airport I'm usually down on the ground between the piano keys and the numbers! Good job there's plenty of tread on the tyres.
Mac

Hello Kenny and welcome onboard. I was visiting last week all around Britain and scontland with some friends from Spain. What a beautifull country you have up there. You will love this forum and learn a lot from all the pilots that we have here.
Angel.

Thanks angel. if your ever over in scotland again come visit strathaven air field , you would be very welcome , Especially as the owner of the airfields wife ( marta ) is spanish

Mac . I had already decided try 30 deg of flaps as i found some lose of control of rudder with 40 , I have read up on landings on this site & im keen to try different styles , I will try some 15 deg just to see what happens but as you say most of our strips are short & this set up is perhaps better for large runways , I will spend the next few hours doing circuits ( weather Permitting) , one thing i need to get used to is that the stick & throttle have changed sides compared to my foxbat ( G-VROD ) , My ctsw was the demo plane when they came out in 06 reg no G-CTSW

Kenny d

Hi Kenny

I had the same problem changing from a skyranger to to the CT stick and throttle felt wrong as im not left handed but in 500 hrs i am used to it now :>) in all that time i have never used 40 deg flaps for landing even on 230 mtr strips 30 is plenty and never more than 15deg in a strong cross wind CT's have a tendency to drop a wing at the wrong moment in this situation ..

Mike
I fly from Eaton Bray farm strip near/and in Luton airspace G-KUPP





one thing i need to get used to is that the stick & throttle have changed sides compared to my foxbat ( G-VROD ) , My ctsw was the demo plane when they came out in 06 reg no G-CTSW

Kenny d[/QUOTE]

Mike, I agree with you on your flap settings and if the runway is anyways reasonably long bring it down on 15 degrees. The CT is one of the few products made by man that I have felt instantly comfortable with in my 62 years on this planet. All my life I’ve had to struggle with equipment because I’m left handed , left footed and left out, but the good old CT makes up for it and it gives me a genuine excuse for not vacating the left hand seat to anyone. Don’t you just love it? Lefties Unite!
Mac