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Old 07-27-2007 | 01:33 PM
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Default RE: Landing

But Cambo, the flare is not a function of landing. it is a flight profile in the approach. You can and should flare regardless of gear configuration. The purpose of the flare is to slow down the rate of decent and the airspeed to allow for a gentle touch down. It is done while in the air a few feet. your undercarriage is irrelevant to the flare.
As for tail draggers a Three point landing is preferred because Speed is controlled with the elevator, it also controls AoA (this is how the speed is controlled after all) so A three point landing is always going to be at a lower air and ground speed then a two point landing when given that the plane is the same with the same weather conditions etc. in other words here now this very moment if you were flying your 4* it would land three point at a walk two point at a jog. Sometimes as was mentioned in Full scale pilots will land on the mains to allow for visibility, however that said, three point landings will not result in a bounce unless you smack the ground fairly hard. But all the while I am talking about a nice smooth landing not pan cakeing it down