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Old 07-22-2011, 08:18 AM
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Default RE: landing a Great Plane Shoestring

It is important to learn the stall characteristics so you know how much you can safely slow it down. The easiest way to slow down is in the turns but can be risky if you don't know how it will react. Test it out at altitude and get comfortable with slowing it down. You may find it needs to land fast, but you also may find you can safely slow it down a lot more. Either way you should know before approach and landing. Its a slick plane and needs time or extra loading to slow down, and if you nose down even a little it will gain speed rapidly causing it to balloon again. Practice slow flight and landings will become easy. In the end though a little fast is a lot better than a little slow every time.