ORIGINAL: Rob2160
Sorry, I have to disagree... I fly commercial.. we fly a 3 degree approach.. every time.. on autoland or manual, its always smack bang on 3 degrees.. power is usually applied on final when the last stage of flap is selected.. the power is needed to maintain speed when the extra flap increases drag..
Exactly my point. You come in shallow. And, not to contradict you, but as an airplane nut I can't help but pay attention to what's happening when I'm on board and in that last mile or two, the gear are down and the flaps are fully deployed and many's the time when a little power has been added to maintain the approach.
In any case, I'm not trying to disagree with someone who does it for a living, I'm just saying that you want a shallow approach. Three degrees is very shallow. Just take a look at a 3, 6 and 9 degree approach. I would venture to say that more modelers fly closer to a 9 degree approach than a 3 degree approach.