Checking In At Dogleg Sandbar

[counsellj]

It had been a few months since I went into one of my favorite landing sites close to home.

This is a good example of a continuous rate descent, constant power and airspeed all the way to touchdown using altitude and lateral positioning to make a challenging approach much safer and easier.

The departure has lots of room to climb or just go straight out, but I took this as a good chance to practice a rudder turn after takeoff to continue up river with minimal bank input.

https://vimeo.com/196128753

https://vimeo.com/196128530

[swixtt]

Great perspective on those videos! What was the airspeed you settled at on approach? What was the air temp?

[counsellj]

Temp was 32 degrees. This is a big long sandbar that I'm familiar with, so I don't have to fly it really slow. I flew the approach at 58-60 mph IAS. You will notice the stall horn was just starting to go off as I touched down, in my plane that would be around 52MPH. I was carrying 20 gals of fuel, rear seat was installed and 10 pounds of weight behind the rear seat.

[swixtt]

thx Jon... I watched in silence so will listen for the horn when I watch again! Pretty ideal conditions for sandbar flying!!

[hilltop170]

Nice job Jughead! You failed to mention you don't necessarily need 31" Bushwheels to have gravel bar fun.

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