daveob

I've heard coaches say "if you ain't cheating, you ain't trying!" :wink: I've thought about the shockcooling effect of pulling the throttle back as well. Pulling the throttle back to 12" or lower as I have been doing, would be a big no-no in the RW. You'd eventually see some cylinders start cracking eventually if that was the normal way that the engine was being operated. That depends on the aircraft. 152's, 172's, even the 201 I used to fly, you did not necessarily keep power into the flare. But I also about 70 hours in a T210. And you definitely kept power all the way to flaring. It would drop like a rock if power was brought back too early. Well, thanks for all the input and various profiles I saw. If anyone is trying anything different please post it. My main goal from all of this is to be able to fly the Legacy as realistically as I can. Dave

No you are certainly correct in that observation. I'm just wondering if such wide throttle reductions are realistic. So I was hoping others who have mastered the Legacy could give some feedback. Thanks again, Dave

Thanks Ryan for the reply. I'm trying to manage airspeed without the speed brakes if possible. I know one RW Lancair pilot who once told me he views the speed brakes as almost cheating and that a better prepared pilot can get by with power changes. If this model requires the speed brakes for speed management I will use them, but I keep hearing that pilot's voice everytime I do that. I'm a RW pilot with many hours in a Mooney 201. It wasn't anywhere near this hard to get things slowed and configured. But like you said Ryan, the Lancair is very slippery. Appreciate your thoughts. Dave

Hey Everyone, I'm looking for help with the Legacy. I read this in a previous post: "I suggest that when approaching the pattern, you set about 19-20 inches of MP and maintain about 2400 RPM. This should get you to about 110 KIAS. Then, you throttle down to 17 inches when you lower the flaps the first notch and this drops you down to where you can drop the landing gear. Keep 17 MP and go to full RPM, trim for a 500 foot per minute descent rate and when on a 45 degree angle to the runway on downwind (past the runway) turn to base leg and drop flaps to its second detent. On final approach, when landing appears ensured (meaning good glidepath and no traffic on the runway), drop flaps to full and keep 17 MP until crossing runway threshold. Your speed will likely bleed down on short final to about 85 KIAS and then pull power slowly to idle as your cross the runway threshold, or if the runway has no threshold, then pull the power smoothly so that when you cross the start of the runway you are at ground idle." These numbers don't correlate with anything I am seeing. First, I've set up FSX exactly as described in the Flying Guide, so hopefully that should not be an issue. But with the autopilot engaged to ensure level flight, I pull the power back to 17", it does not want to slow down. It's not until I'm back to less than 12" do I start to see any erosion in speed. Even at that low of a power setting, I can only decend @ 500 fpm otherwise its accelerating again. I love flying this plane, but I am starting to wonder about the flight dynamics. It seems unrealistic to have to pull power back so close to idle to see any speed response. Is it possible that my cfg file for either FSX or the Legacy is wrong or corrupted and needs adjustment? I would like to get some advice. I really like flying this plane, and I realize that, especially with descents, advanced planning is needed. But again, the lack of what should reasonable responses to throttle imputs is rather discouraging. Thanks for the help, Dave

Thanks for all of the feedback guys. Looks like I'm getting a Legacy.

I'm wanting to buy a Lancair. I've looked at Orbx's and RealAir's versions. Both look like really solid options and I probably can't go wrong no matter which one I choose. I'm looking for opinions for those who own both. Which is the better option as far as features, flight modeling, hits to frame rates, etc. Thanks, Dave