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Hi Ed,
I have a lot of IFR experience with military and airline flying but it is a bigger challenge with no autopiot or flight directer. I try to avoid actual weather approaches but practice one or two approaches on nearly every flight just in case I have to make one in actual weather. I approach the FAF at 120 mph and configure gear and flaps at 1 and 1/2 to 2 miles prior. Then I fly final with flaps 20 and 110 mph. On a percision approach, I capture and follow the glide path with a pitch angle of 2 to 3 degrees nose low depending on the amount of head wind. I try to limit pitch corrections to no more than 1 to 2 degrees keeping in mind the old rule that 80 t0 90 percent of the instrument cross check should be devoted to the attitude indicator. Once on final, I also like to limit my bank for heading correction to 10 degrees or less but no more than 15 degrees. The idea is not to over control and over correct which will likely result in overshoting your desired course or glide slope. Accept some deviations rather than making large corrections. Gradual adjustments are good. If the deviations become to large, go around. Before you do any of this be well prepared through prior practice and the study of the approach itself. A non precision approach is a little easier in that you can hold 3 degrees nose low until leveling at the minimum decent altitude. Once you see the runway you can select flaps 40 or land with flaps 20.Hi Ed,
Hans here, I hope you remember me, I came to look at your wonderful airplane in October 2018 and I fell in love with it after you took me up in it. I’m still embarrassed that I could not come up with the funds to buy it from you at that time, but I’m also glad that you are still holding on to it.
So last October I drove to the fly-in at Crestview to learn even more about the 200 and met all these incredible people of the club. I wished you would have been there too. They treated me like future 200 royalty.
Now I’m wondering if the Sedona meeting is still on, I’m also trying to find out from Karen soon, after all, they just cancelled Reno because of this Wuhan China virus.
Wishing you a happy 4th of July, Hans.Mark and Hans-nice to hear from both of you. Mark-thank you for the tidbits. Very helpful. I just need o practice more IFR procedures, even if I do VFR.
Hans-I remember our flight well and I had heard that you went to the fly-in. I too wonder what the outcome will be on gatherings, large and small, until a vaccine comes along.
I just landed from a weekend trip to our place in the NC mountains. Fortunately there is a great GA airport (KGEV) 15 minutes from our cabin. DA when I landed their Friday afternoon was 5500′ at 3:00 PM (field elevation is 3200′). It was 4000″ this AM when I left at 10:30. Nice flying days, both legs. I am a lucky man to be able to own and fly a Meyers 200.
Good to hear from you Ed, I think every flight in a Meyers is a memorable event. I’m still on the prowl and hoping to be able to afford one soon. Been looking high and low at other cross country cruisers but keep coming back to the 200. Happy flying, Hans.
Mark,
Sounds like your elevator trim is now correctly rigged. It should require 4 half turns (2 full turns) from full nose down to set at take-off position.
VR, Tom
Welcome Andy. I took am glad that Flip’s plane is in good hands. I hope that you can make it to Sedona to meet some of your new family in September.
Your trim indicator needle should have full travel up and down the full range of the dial. I do this occasionally just to make sure it stays limbered up. It is very minimal travel with each twist, but it should go the full travel. I especially run it all of the way through after servicing up in the tailcone. If running through the entire range just be extra mindful to return it to takeoff position. I’m told that back in the day a highly experienced Meyers Aircraft salesman departed a show and someone had wound the trim to full nose up. He could not overcome it and had a departure stall and therefor why all of our aircraft are required to have a placard on the panel regarding takeoff trim setting. It should also be on your pre-takeoff checklist. If you do not have a good checklist member Dean Sircusa provided me with a great one years back.
Sedona is ON Hans! I hope to see you again this year. You’re becoming more of a regular than some of the owners, so you NEED to bite the bullet and buy one of these great planes. Mr. Lyon’s Red Menace was just added to the for sale section of the website…
The post for the fly in is making its rounds for edits and should go live tomorrow.
Hello All, my name is Doug and I’m brand new to the site and forum. Very interested in the 200D model-especially one with the IO550 conversion. Looking to gain some knowledge on these fine aircraft and eventually purchase my own. Live near Clearwater FL and hoping there was someone in central Florida I could get to know that has one? Also wondering if there is a POH available online I could download and educate myself with? Looking forward to hearing from anyone who cares to “educate” me… also wondering what might be for sale… (I’ve seen pics of N97M). Hope my questions are reasonable and someone will point me in the right direction.
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