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Old 06-11-2003 | 07:06 PM
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Default Landing

Check to make sure your plane is level or a little tail high when on the ground. I had this same problem with my Eagle II and discovered my tail was low and there was almost no way, especially for a novice, to land rear wheels first.
If the tail is low on the ground when the plane is level during flight the front wheel will be the lowest object and hit first - the cause of the bounce.
I bent the rear wheels in, raising my tail, and my landings improved immediately. The cost is the plane won't take off by itself quite so easily.
Good Luck,
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