After flying the kangaroo now for about 2 years or so (my only jet) I have learned the hard way to keep it from bouncing. All of the guys have given you all of the right information to stop the bounce. I believe speed is the first problem. 2nd... What I tend to see is alot of guys come in on final with the nose slight down (3 or 4 degrees) and then flare when they get close to runway and try to relax the up elevator to get it to touch down. This approach tends to hold a constant speed ( even with the BARN DOOR DEPLOYED). That dam kangaroo will float forever on approaches like that. I can hold up elevator for what seems like 5-8 seconds before it bleeds enough speed to come down on its own, on the mains, and not bounce. Which in turn eats up a ton of runway. Instead of learning to land it right, I got to the point to where I was flaring before I was above the runway knowing the ROO would float for a while before bleeding off enough speed. FINALLY I had a local JET GUY stand with me on the runway and walk me through properly landing the roo. My biggest problem was on final and letting the nose have a slight down ward attack at the runway. He advised to at least hold the jet level if not 1-2 degrees up and let the jet start bleeding off speed. WOW what a difference that made. The roo slows down really nice now, when I flare, it doesn require me to hold for what seems like an eternity, and I only chew up about 200-300 ft of runway after touch down. Hope this helps you some.


Sean