The time has come, Commander Valentina will attempt to land the Civvie on the runway without using its recovery chute
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Val is climbing back aboard the Civvie for another flight, this time she's gotten approval to land without the chute! For reals! Good luck!
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Val has departed from Rwy27 & will again enter the pattern crosswind over KSC and back around to land on Rwy09, hoping for a better approach
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Civvie is flying north directly over KSC at 1.13km as Val works through another nice tight pattern, will now begin her descent for landing
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val has completed her base leg and turned to final approach, lined up well with runway, clear of hills & dropping low to shed some speed
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Emergency crews are... NOT rushing to the runway 🙂 Val touched down ~4m short of the dirt but still on the apron, 2 bounces then settled
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Val will let the C7 engineers take another good look at the aircraft after that touchdown, maybe will get in one more flight later today
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earlier landing from the TDU recording. Val & C7 both agree approach was too fast, traveling 59m/s upon touchdown. Should be more like 45m/s
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.@Deltaflyer_19 this engine has a fixed-pitch propeller. Less complicated, more reliable, less maintenance - good for experimental aircraft
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.@Deltaflyer_19 fuel mixture is also fixed so engine parameters are constant during testing. Can extrapolate performance with data gathered
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that's it! We're out! Everyone enjoy the holiday, see you next year! Before you go though, here's a 2017 preview: bit.ly/OpsSummary12-1…
