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Old 07-23-2006 | 11:22 PM
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Default RE: LANDING TECHNIQUES ???

ORIGINAL: JimBrown

The next bit can also help. Once on the runway, I don't just let go of the elevator. I keep holding it until I'm sure that the jet is stuck to the runway. Then I relax the elevator and commence braking.
...jim

Jim, being relatively new to jets, I'm a little confused here. After touchdown, wouldn't it be correct to then move the elevator toward neutral and down elevator to keep it stuck to the runway? Holding in up and hitting a bump in the runway could cause the plane to lift again ????

I ask, because I am waiting for delivery of a Eurosport (I have 18months of flying a Baby Boomerang which almost lands itself) and have observed that high alpha landings seem to be the norm (on a Eurosport) and in my mind I've always worked through the landing as I've described here viz......on final approach get the nose up with elevator to create drag and slow things down, using throttle management to control the rate of descent, until touch down and then elevator to down??