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Old 09-05-2003 | 04:47 PM
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Default Angle of "attack" question

How much is too much depends on a lot of things. What plane is it on? I also agree with Montague. Your landing style can make all the difference. One of our instructor pilots tells his students that at the time the trainer touches the ground you should be holding full up elevator and be at full idle. (I assume its for the LT-40 as your 4*60 is a taildragger). And as GraupnerFan mentioned - bigger main (or smaller nose) wheels will level it up some.

You might need to feed in a bit of down elevator on takeoff to get up speed. You can also squeeze in or bend the main gear to raise the fuselage (assuming they are angled and not straight drops like on a Contender or Kavalier - or retracts).