runway length question

[Esser]

Beautiful place Larry

[Coopdog]

Thank you all for the helpful advice. And that video is worth a thousand words. I don't think I'll plan on my idea as a permanent solution. I don't want to takeoff and immedietly start worrying about landing there.

I may have found a much better solution. We have another field that is a very short drive. I can get 1500' between a row of trees and standard utility poles. It is open fields on either side of the obstacles. I may be able to take a section of the tree row out which would give me a 1500' runway with an extra 1000' threshold with no obstacles on one end. It's going to take a bit of grading though.

[Av8r3400]

That would appear to be a much better option.

[avidflyer]

I flew off my strip which was 1500' long for years, and I had trees on the ends as well. Not100' tall though. I was able to lengthen it to 2000' a few years ago. We flew an Aeronca Chief out of the strip as well. A light earlier model Kitfox would be much easier to do it then a loaded up heavy engined later model of course. JImChuk

[fastfred]

Now that I am in a nose dragger does that increase the landing distance ? The tail dragger only used 300 of 900'.

[Dorsal]

I don't think so, should be about the same.

[fastfred]

It seems like it drifts a 100 feet more to land more tail up?

[PapuaPilot]

It seems like it drifts a 100 feet more to land more tail up?

If that is the case you must be coming in too fast and aren't near the stall speed and AOA.

[Norm]

It seems like it drifts a 100 feet more to land more tail up?

Yes it will continue to fly longer with the tail up. As you raise the nose the speed decays and the plane will settle to the runway. Paul talks about getting the nose up and the speed dropping in this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRG0sOkGdkM

You probably do this as you flare, just try raising the nose a little sooner to bleed some speed.
There are also some videos on the net that talk about flying to the runway with a positive wing angle to the horizon to shorten touchdown. Done under power some call it dragging it in. Sometimes experience is the best teacher so go out and play with different approaches and try some different techniques. Just remember to fly safe.