[QUOTE]Originally posted by TailDraggin
[B]Can somebody go through the sequence so I can see it in writing and then practice it on the sim and then for real?
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Do I ease back on power on the downwind? Wait until base or final? How far out from the end of the strip should I be lined up, and how high? At what altitude and distance from the strip do I chop power?
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I can fly, manuever, do loops, rolls and take-off's fine, but my landings are U-G-L-Y!
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Yep, we learn it all very soon, those TOs and flying around, then spend the rest of our lives learning to land.

Go to the center of the runway. Look straight out on the final approach and find a landmark that will be easy to see in the background without focusing on it. Make a mental note.
Now from your pilot station, mentally draw the picture-straight-line from your initial turn to base, square or round, but mentally store that line as it will be your altitude reference.
Your model is now on downwind, an estimated couple hundred feet out from runway center. At a straight-out point start a power reduction and HOLD THE ALTITUDE. This will very likely cause you to have to HOLD a slight back-pressure on the elevator stick.
When about 25 -30 degrees off your straight out front line, start your base and use the model's attitude to maintain a slower airspeed. If sinking too much BURST some power in short bursts. If holding altitude, reduce power more. Fly those mental lines.
Your final approach should be some 150 ft. out and about 20-30 ft high. Fly straight to the end of runway with obstacle clearance.
TECHNIQUE Turn your final so the model is about in line with the points you found when looking at the final approach. For a short time fly the model at nearly directly at yourself. Then better align when you are approaching the end of the runway.
If you get LOW, ADD POWER, then adjust. If too high, power back. Sometimes with a model you can get away with shoving the nose down then re-establishing the glide path. Not a recommended thing!!!
Over the end of the runway, about a couple wingspans high, just hold the nose in an attitude to allow the model to slightly settle at idle power. Keep increasing back-pressure while maintaining heading and slight sink. Let her settle in with nose slightly high. Nothing to it!!
If you balloon it, add power and go around. Ballooning and porpoising ain't friendly critters.