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Old 09-01-2011 | 07:44 PM
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Default RE: Making a Good Landing

When I returned to the hobby one of the best pilots at our club, who is a super nice person, but does not train new pilots or fly their planes, Maiden or not, showed me the technique he uses and I now use as well as other flyers I have shown how to:

Select a position nearest the downwind end of runway to allow for max take off and landing roll.

When on final adjust your glide path to where the plane will touch down in front of you hint: come in slightly higher than normal then relax or give down elevator to put the plane at an angle that will touch down in front of you on the runway. Your plane will still be flying and maneuverable with enough speed to make corrections if needed.

Just when wheels are 12" or so off ground give very gentle up to break the descent for landing

release up as soon as wheels touch to prevent "bouncing" and roll out, If I miss touching in front of me I usually will go around and do it again if our pattern is not busy.

The beauty of this technique is you can adjust the height of your approach for wind conditions, lower for calm, higher for windy and maintain the same groundspeed and have control of your plane at all times (no stall landings that the wind can push up your plane etc etc Just takes practice

I don't fly warbirds or jets and I know or see they have a different technique but the above works great for my sport and acro planes