ORIGINAL: Augie11
The suggestions that the plane is nose heavy and that a lower pitch/higher diameterprop are good ones but exeters comments on the variables is also valid. He could be just starting his final approach too high. I'm just a little curious about flying a 70" Tiger on a .52 4 stroke. I realize he's at sea level but that engine size choice is a just little odd for that plane
I'd bet this is the likely culprit of jonriley's issue and probably why he feels the need to cut the engine at 5' - 10'. Jonriley, do you have a lot of time on the RealFlight sim? That sim allows you to turn on final way too high, in real life the airplane would sail right past trying to get it down.
The guys posting to this thread probably assume he's flying with other guys, who would always say, "You're too high." Maybe no one is telling him this. Jonriley, where is your instructor in all this?
How much altitude do you have when turning on final?