Originally Posted by
jester_s1
It sounds like the OP's plane is just a bit more slippery than he'd like it to be. Before trying all these tweaks, why not try taking a little bit longer landing approach to see what happens? Get the plane down to 3-4 feet off the ground around 50 feet from the end of the runway. When you find yourself having to blip the throttle to be able to land in front of yourself you'll have found the right distance for the wind conditions for that day. If you are diving at the end of the runway from your normal flying altitude, you'll find that there are very few planes that will slow down enough to land properly without making you walk a ways to get them.
Sounds like it's slippery, and if you are familiar with that model you know it is AND it's very light AND it's quite over powered.
Lots of 3Ds have those characteristics in different degrees. They're usually setup with full throws. That makes it really hard to give small inputs SO the setup includes significant exponential. They also prop the suckers toward pull/power instead of using lots of pitch. The OP has what is basically a 3D setup with an 8 pitch prop with a major power producer of a motor.
No wonder his plane appears to not want to slow down.
That is an excellent suggestion about trying a different technique on approach. It'd also be a good idea to keep in mind that 8" pitch prop is going to make airspeed control rather touchy.