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Old 09-26-2008 | 02:59 PM
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Default RE: Throttle position for level flight vs. landing?


ORIGINAL: gregoryda

Maybe I need to keep the nose more level as I reduce throttle and extend my approach so I have a longer glide path and let the plan slow down that way.
Not a good idea if you have little time on that plane. Because of the position of the pilot, in a longer leveled approach, it is hard to define the airspeed needed to avoid an abrupt and disastrous stall, the best way to land a hot plane is letting it go down at idle with the nose down (go to idle before you are turning the plane to its landing path, in a high and safe altitude) let the plane loss airspeed but maintain the nose down and when you are at the beginning of the landing area, reduce its speed by applying the elevator to make a nice flair, if it is really hot you can make a couple flairs before the plane touch down, remember that the elevator stick is now the speed control.