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Old 10-14-2007 | 12:46 AM
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Default RE: Is this a bad idea?

Often "hot airplanes" will slow down in experienced hands.

Describe your landing technique. I would hope you say that you slow the plane using the elevator and that you control the sink rate with throttle. Remember . when you slow down using the elevator, you increase the angle of attack, this causes greater lift, but greater drag, therefore you must now add power to overcome the additional drag.

Chopping power and gliding in is not an effective way of slowing an airplane.