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Oshkosh/Grass Operations [message #11544]

Sun, 06 July 2014 20:46

Dave Klain
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I flew in last year and am planning on doing so again this year. Key is how
dry the ground is (which you won't be able to make a call on until the day
before you fly in). My backup plan if the ground was too soft was to fly in
to Green Bay and rent a car to go down.

Tips on taxiing:

(1) before you exit the pavement, ensure you turn off your
ACM/pressurization. Basically you will get warm but the alternative is
sucking up a lot of little pieces of grass which will get blown everywhere
including inside the windows and you'll never get them out.
(2) you don't need to worry about back stick pressure when taxiing like you
did in a small plane. The Marquise is so heavy and the prop wash just won't
make a difference.
(3) you want to keep moving. It is the stopping and then starting movement
again that is tough.
(4) I did not bother with putting big pieces of plywood under the tires for
the same reasons you point out -- no easy way to do it. Rather I just
taxied into position and shut down. The plane did sink a bit into the
ground and I had to goose the engines a bit to get going when we left, but
it was not a big deal with landing gear that stout (I estimate the tires
sank maybe 1/2" into the ground).
(5) as a big, heavy plane, you will be parked on the end of a row (nearest
the runway so you can taxi in and taxi out. They will not have you taxi
down a row, turn and shut down so they can push you back into your parking
spot.
(6) I'll be arriving Friday morning (8/1) and departing Sunday morning
(8/3). Look forward to linking up if you are still there. My cell is (703)
772-3515.

Dave

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		Oshkosh/Grass Operations By: Pascal Gosselin on Sun, 06 July 2014 18:35
		Oshkosh/Grass Operations By: hcoussons on Sun, 06 July 2014 19:02
		Oshkosh/Grass Operations By: Dave Klain on Sun, 06 July 2014 20:46
		Oshkosh/Grass Operations By: Greg Jellinek on Sun, 06 July 2014 22:11
		Oshkosh/Grass Operations By: Pascal Gosselin on Sun, 06 July 2014 23:41
		Oshkosh/Grass Operations By: Dave Klain on Mon, 07 July 2014 00:48

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