RE: Distance judging
Hi Acdii,
This might sound a litt stupid, but this is what we do when we go to a new field we haven't flown off before. Take your airplane to the end of the runway, next to the corn. Walk back to your flight station. Notice the size of your plane at this distance. Get use to seeing your plane at this distance and you will have a better chance of getting it right over the corn every time. Like someone has already said, look for the shadow as the plane clears the corn, cut your power and land.
Since you have a extra set of wings, add flaps to them and use the flaps to land. If you haven't tried flaps before, this is how I do it. Flaps are made to get in and out of short fields. When making your approch, lower the flaps all the way, pull your power all the way out to idle. Push the plane over to a 45ยบ down angle. It won't pick up speed with the flaps lowered all the way. Flair like you alway do and then land. Just my 2 cents worth. Good luck.....
Larry