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Old 02-12-2009 | 10:26 PM
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Default RE: Elevator use during landing approachs

I was taught to land using throttle, elevator and rudder, I was told to keep my hands off the ailerons except to level the plane. To bleed off speed i will often flare my planes to slow them down, sometimes several times depending on the plane. My old TX had a landing feature set to a switch you could use to add trim for landings and take offs. I did have it set up on one plane I was having a problem with, a small 40 size Fokker D-VII, it worked quite well. I know several people that have a switch set up to add some up trim for landings but I no longer have any planes that I need to do it with, if I was having a problem I would add a trim mix. I have no qualms about making my life easier.