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Old 04-10-2006 | 02:21 PM
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Default RE: Does the Hot Spot bounce like a Kangaroo?

Enrique and Jeremy are right any airplane will bounce if you let it, with me Roo I knew about the problem and a had it happened too but I learned how to land it at a low airspeed ( with the help of some good friends ) and the bouncing went away completely.

This is my app. down wind, 1/4 th. hold altitude.
base leg, th. to idle half way to final, nose up and loosing altitude.
final leg, th. idle, nose up, if you need more speed hit the throttle just a bit for about 2 sec. then to idle, over the runway nose up a bit more and, very important, keep that nose up, don't let it drop at all, land with no bouncing, the ground effect will keep the airplane flying over the runway so keep the nose up 'till it land on the mains.

One thing, my apps. are short and high.

Hope this helps.