ORIGINAL: stuart_80
The best tip I've had as far as landings go is
''Throttle controls the height, elevator controls the speed''
So if you are landing too fast, you need to use the elevator to get the nose up on approach. This increases drag, reducing speed,, then you adjust height with throttle.
Ive been to a few jet meetings and see people closing the throttle miles out and ''diving'' for the threshold. The usually ends up in the model bouncing or floating miles past making a touchdown difficult
I am flying a Boomerang Élan, and land with full flap irrespective of wind conditions
Stuart
PS full flap is about 75 degrees<br type=''_moz'' />
this is true, but for a model like the jetmach it is difficult to apply because of how slow they can actually fly. On the jetmach you go to idle, leave it there, and just manage the approach with elevator back pressure down to flare...obviously if you are too far or too short, apply throttle to come back up.