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Old 05-10-2009 | 01:03 PM
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Default RE: A visual perception problem at the runway.

If you are adding elevator at 4 to 6 feet you are going to have problems. Fly it to about a foot off the ground before you level out. Then when you start your flare, it will grease right in. And don't flare because the ground speed looks about right, flare because the plane starts sinking, or the nose starts dropping. That way when it is windier than you are used to the plane won't lift all of a sudden and result in a 6 or 8 foot crash.

I fly with my shoulders parallel to the runway and plant my feet. Then while I am flying I will turn right and left with my hips to keep orientation.