What Villa said. Don't look down. Hold the radio up. ;-)
If you ever get into biplanes you'll find half throttle is where landings occur. Some models, notably warbirds and clean low-wings, will need to land a bit "hot". One reason they're not the best trainers. It's tough on the gear to "splat and plant" a fast landing.
Nothing like "greasing one in" with a smooth kiss.
I has a cheapie .50 size Chinese engine and I got pretty good at yelling "DEAD STICK" and winging over into dives towards the airfield. (Set the club record: 24 consecutive deadsticks). Even in a deadstick speed is your friend. Better to keep the nose down and land someplace creative than try to "ooch" out up elevator and stall out.
ORIGINAL: gaRCfield
Today I went down to the field just to practice taking off and landing. I found out last week that I was having some throttle control issues upon takeoff (obviously didn't want to look down, but I wasn't giving the plane enough throttle. Still getting used to thumb positions!)
Anyway, it was really gusty, with winds in every direction. I've learned that it is important to land with some power in windy conditions, so that's what I did. Then the wind died down to almost nothing, and I continued to come in with power.
AMAZING!!! You have so much more control of the plane with a little throttle - I was able to wag my tail around as needed, gain altitude or raise the nose, and actually flew my plane down to the ground! What an awesome feeling! I was able to do some touch-an-go's after that, too, since I had so much more control, and wasn't really performing a controlled crash into the runway like us newbies start off doing.