Todd, I usually don't have any problems with the landings on the Rookie except when I fly at fields with shorter runways. I have around 100 flights now with the Rookie and only a couple of minor retract problems on landing resulting from misjudging the distance on approach.
As soon as you throttle up to go around with the Rookie it will start porpoising, not nearly as bad as the Kangaroo but it still does a little so you have to add throttle very slowly to prevent the propoising and meanwhile you are running out of flying field which is a real problem at one field I fly at in particular. (BTW, it is balanced right on factory recommended C.G.)
I was just wondering if the Hotspot would be more like a conventional aircraft where you can add full power for instantaneous response w/o worrying about the porpoising effect or some other bad result associated with the delta wing plane.
I am also giving some thought to just purchasing a BVM Bandit so that it has flaps because I would like to be able to use throttle for landings as opposed to just waiting until the airplane slows enough to settle w/o bouncing like on the delta wing planes. It is just sometimes difficult to put the delta plane where you want it on the runway because you are really just waiting for it to slow up enough to settle on the runway, wherever that may be, and with a plane like the Bandit with flaps it lands where you want because you can control descent and point of touchdown with throttle. This is kind of difficult to explain on the internet but maybe you get the idea.
My real question I guess is does the Hotspot have more of the characteristics of the delta on landing or are you able to control descent with throttle more like a conventional plane with flaps? Cross wind landings with the Hotspot is the other area I an interested in because with the Rookie the rudders are so small that they do not seem very effective for landing in a cross wind. What about the Hotspot?
Thanks, Gary