Tom Nalevanko
Well-Known Member
I just finished reading Cessna Wings for the World, The Single-Engine Development Story by William D. Thompson. A really well written book with lots of good data and history of design considerations.
In the section on the 182, more particularly the Wren which was a STOL version by Jim Robertson, Bill Thompson relates a story of a floated landing and states as a reminder that, "high drag rather than extrememly high lift was the main requirement for consistently short landing distances."
Any comments on this? Seems to me that you need both...
I'd ask Bill but unfotunately he flew west a number of year ago.
Blue skies,
Tom
In the section on the 182, more particularly the Wren which was a STOL version by Jim Robertson, Bill Thompson relates a story of a floated landing and states as a reminder that, "high drag rather than extrememly high lift was the main requirement for consistently short landing distances."
Any comments on this? Seems to me that you need both...
I'd ask Bill but unfotunately he flew west a number of year ago.
Blue skies,
Tom
