RE: Slowing down a rookie ll
P120 in mine. Using both the bottom speed brake and sometimes esp. in calm days also canards. If using canards, be sure you have lots of elevator movement and don't cut power off too early. Otherwise it will drop like a dead duck...don't ask how I know...with some power, flies fine though even with canards braking!
Btw. using canard braking seems to radically reduce the famous bouncing tendency, anyone noticed the same? - that is even with same landing speed. Forward lift is ofcourse less with canards 'deployed'...