Personally my hat size varies from pin to hydrocephalic, depending on the angle you view me from.

Noticeable acceleration occurs when:
1. the nose or tail wheel is off the surface,
2. the mains are off the surface,
3. and the nose is pushed down to remain in low ground effect.

Big rocks, brakes, mud, high grass, tie downs, and drag chutes are serious limitations to acceleration, which is necessary for takeoff.

We want to go fast on takeoff and slow on landing.

contactflying wrote:Noticeable acceleration occurs when:
1. the nose or tail wheel is off the surface,
2. the mains are off the surface,
3. and the nose is pushed down to remain in low ground effect.

Big rocks, brakes, mud, high grass, tie downs, and drag chutes are serious limitations to acceleration, which is necessary for takeoff.

We want to go fast on takeoff and slow on landing.

Contact, How did I do on this one?


Did not seem to want to work so here this is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aey3LzILnk&feature=youtu.be

Gotta love that sound...

M6RV6-That was a good one. If you can get the mains off sooner and then level in low ground effect, it helps. You are a bit tight there. Do what is comfortable. Is that engine a "shakin Jake?"

contactflying wrote:M6RV6-That was a good one. If you can get the mains off sooner and then level in low ground effect, it helps. You are a bit tight there. Do what is comfortable. Is that engine a "shakin Jake?"

It just looks tight, had plenty of room to just climb out straight, but houses and trees straight ahead, big gap in the trees off to the right and that was the way I was headed. About 20 kts. above stall when made the turn, 985 P/W, Used standard TO position on the flaps (15), not soft or rough field position.
Just a bit downwind as the guy to the north does not like airplane noise and this thing makes lots of it!!
Thanks