I had Dean spot for me on my very first flight with the AV8R. What he wrote is exactly how he spotted for me. I wanted to shortcut the landing routine but Dean insisted that I make the second go around and fly a little lower and slower. I followed his instructions and pretty much greased the landing. I have almost 70 flights on the AV8R, now in the last year and a half.
I changed out the stock nose gear single strut to a stronger double strut after the Princeton meet. It needs to have a more positive ability to track in a crosswind as I found out when I ground looped it and broke off one of the vertical stabs. I had to bring the jet home and I repaired the damage and flew it again with the new strut. It tracks nicely now.
If you follow Dean's instuctions and practice, landings will get easier. It is a fun jet to fly. Just fuel and go, go, go.

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