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Old 05-24-2009 | 10:04 PM
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Default RE: Excess speed on landings

The weight of your aircraft will affect landing speed as well.  I'm currently flying a School Girl bipe that ended up on the porky side and it comes in HOT.  Nothing much to be done about it but control the rate of descent.  At least it doesn't balloon when I flare for the landing   Ya gotta know your plane; what the stall speed is, how it behaves when it stalls, how fast it loses altitude when the power is cut (both at idle and dead stick).  The best landings are flying in formation with the ground until suddenly it's gone from flying to rolling.  This takes practice.