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To: Joe Boucher
Unlike a 150 where once you get up you have to push it forward to gain speed this just continues to gain speed and fly.

That is what you absolutely have to do with our Cherokee with the 150hp Lycoming taking off from a soft field. People get nervous when the trees start filling up the windscreen and try to get the plane to climb out before reaching the optimal speed. One good thing about the Cherokee... if you pull down your manual flaps it will pop you up a hundred feet or so almost instantly if you have the speed.

66 posted on 04/06/2015 8:47:25 AM PDT by fireman15 (Check your facts before making ignorant statements.)
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To: fireman15

I nearly always give er 10 degrees when taking off and as soon as I get er up I straighten em out.
few things more fun that chasing a piper or Cessna down after giving them a head start.
Fly around em giving em plenty of room.


72 posted on 04/06/2015 12:19:09 PM PDT by Joe Boucher ( Obammy is a lie, a mooselimb and pond scum.)
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To: fireman15

I nearly always give er 10 degrees when taking off and as soon as I get er up I straighten em out.
few things more fun that chasing a piper or Cessna down after giving them a head start.
Fly around em giving em plenty of room.


73 posted on 04/06/2015 12:22:43 PM PDT by Joe Boucher ( Obammy is a lie, a mooselimb and pond scum.)
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