New 1974 Pressurized Skymaster T337G Owner

[Red Air Rambo]

Welcome Dan and great looking aircraft! I don't know if yours has the speedbrake mod but landing with them open and the power up helps to lower the angle and dissipate the float...just remember to close them if you go around.


Brent

[dan1000]

Originally Posted by Red Air Rambo

I don't know if yours has the speedbrake mod but landing with them open and the power up helps to lower the angle and dissipate the float...just remember to close them if you go around.

N70S does not have speed brakes, but thanks for the tip! -- Dan

[general]

Welcome to Skymaster ownership. I was very fortunate to own an aircraft which was built just a few numbers ahead of yours N63S. I've had several skymasters with STOL kits. You won't even know the kit is on the airplane unless you get below the power curve on landing and you'll see how incredible of an advantage they can be. Normally just fly it by the numbers. Practice slow flight and stalls and you'll see how the S T O L kit performs. Most of the time the stall warning is set up as a standard stall speed for a non converted aircraft. You will notice that the aircraft will not go into a full stall probably 10 mph or more after the warning goes off. Practicing slow flight will give you confidence. Realizing that most of your flying you do will just be by the Normal book Numbers but should you need to get in a short field you will have some idea on how it performs. Another thing that's routinely done on take off is to add some flaps through the take-off run and you'll see how fast the airplane will want to take to the air. Don't do anything radical until you have some instruction with someone who is proficient with S T O L operations.
You're going to have fun with that aircraft congratulations

[dan1000]

Thanks, General. I will give it a try by the POH original numbers, and see how that goes. I had assumed it would float forever at original numbers, but we'll see

Dan

[general]

No you're not going to see much float at all , as soon as you get on the ground and dump the flaps it won't fly. As long as you're not giving it power. You'll have much more control coming in on Final however it will feel like you have more Authority with the STOL kit. You can do some touch-and-goes it will want to take off early and you got to keep the stick forward, but if you rotated standard speed your rate of climb will feel much greater initially.
Have fun.and be safe.