Sorry to let your guys down.
I didn't go.
Went and practiced at the Tule Valley Hardpan (Ibex) for a couple of days and learned a lot.
Practiced a forward slip at altitude, and the most I could force the Maule to do didn't seem to really slow her down very quickly.
My old Taylorcraft would go into a radical slip, but the Maule not so much. With flaps/without, didn't seem to work well
Wound up with:
flaps at one notch
trip wheel set to one screw head forward of "takeoff"
prop set to 2600 rpm (2700 wasn't better, maybe slightly worse)
brakes full
power full
release brakes with yoke back for 50 feet
with full propwash over rudder directional control is fine
let tail come up when it wants at around 40mph (I though rolling on the ground would be better acceleration than flying/induced drag)
plane lifts off fairly level attitude, needs a little forward pitch control to stay close to ground in ground effect
pull throttle at 3/4 distance (out of 3/4 mile course, laid out a track on the lake bed with 5 gallon Home Depot orange buckets with rocks in them)
Would be at 105-110mph
start pulling on flaps, plants wants to rise, pitch down
used pressure on flap handle to judge how much flap I could pull, and pulled pretty hard
gained a little elevation which helped slow the plane, and let me pull more flaps
aimed for a point 200 feet ahead of line to try to flare at 60-65 and then release the flaps to help lower to ground just across the line
Didn't use specific notches in the flaps, just pressure, and then used release of flaps to lower plane, worked pretty well
at touchdown, dumped flaps to negative 7, yoke back full and hard on the brakes, could actually slide the tires on the dry lake bed
(put some old 8.5's on, 14psi, lowers the angle of attack on the ground, less pitching moment while braking, also bolted 20 pounds of lead to the tailwheel
Was all set to go, but the weather from SLC to Dead Cow was multiple rainstorms and lots of wind gradient, and I didn't want to subject my wife to that so I didn't go
So, I will have to try again another time
Of note, I learned a lot about flying close to the ground with a lot of control input and a lot of practice with engine out landings, so it was worth while
Also, every time I cut the power, the engine backfired, and when I got to looking it had blown a hole through the airfilter.
And I need new brake pads
Oh well