ORIGINAL: schatztf
Hi,
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EDIT: I forgot to mention that I had my most trouble with my landings. I always seem to come in too fast and have had to do a few go arounds. Nothing has broken yet but I have had 1 or 2 landings where I thought something should have been broken but wasn't.
Thanks for taking the time to write that up - that's very interesting. It looks like the sim time paid big dividends for you.
With respect to your landings you might find it useful to do a full scale approach - fly the downwind, base and final just letting your altitude and speed come off a bit on each leg. As you make that final turn just be a little aware that while the spitfire glides beautifully with the wings level, without enough corner speed she will have a nasty stall.
Once you've closed the throttle on the final make sure you dive slightly below the glide angle, letting you just build up a little airspeed as you approach the ground (not much! Just a little). This airspeed will make it easier to do a nice flare 6-12 inches from the ground and just hold the model level and let her sink into the ground once the airspeed is gone.
Oh, and if it doesn't look like you are going to land 10 metres short of yourself, then chances are you are going to land long.
Cheers,
Oz.