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Old 12-31-2007 | 11:23 AM
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Default RE: SIG KOBRA



Doesnt slow down alot on Final. but had a very smooth landing once over the runway at idle rpm.

Great looking bird!

Try this:


This is only a reference but if you practice doing it the same every time, you will end up with more consistent landings. You can enter the pattern over the runway or enter on the downwind leg, it dosen't matter. Use landmarks (trees, buildings, etc.) for altitude and position reference. As your airspeed slows, more up elevator is required to maintain level flight, up to the point where the airspeed is reduced to stall speed. But we don't want to go that slow trying to land. The point is, you want to have the plane flying a decent with a little power at a stable airspeed without having to hold up elevator. This makes it easy to use power to adjust the glide path. For instance, if you are on final, and it looks like it will be short, you add a little power and it will arrest the decent rate and bring it back on the glide slope without pulling on the elevator. You want to end up bleeding off airspeed and altitude smoothly all the way down to the runway.

Experiment with your plane at a safe altitude to get used to how it behaves at low airspeeds and stalls. Find out what power setting it takes to fly just above stall speed trimmed in a stable decent. Once you do this, you can enter the landing pattern and know how to set a known landing configuration (power & trim). It will take lots of practice but you will eventually get it worked out for a particular aircraft and nail it every time.
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