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Old 06-22-2009, 11:11 AM
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If you do some high level approaches, you can work the throttle and see where you are losing perspective.  You can slow it down to where you feel is what you want and see how the plane reacts.

One thing I've done is climb way up high, where you have time to recover, point it into the wind, and drop the throttle to idle and see what happens.  If it still flys, meaning if it is still moving into the wind, you know what you can do at idle.  If it stalls, add throttle and recover, then do it again, this time with a little more throttle.  That way you can gauge your throttle for what you can expect during conditions such as are at altitude. 

Each landing is going to be different, but the process is the same.  You have to watch and work out in your mind as to how the aircraft appears during your approach.  At some point, it will come to you automatically and you will just do what is necessary, FOR THAT PLANE, to land it correctly and safely.

It's always good to work things out about "three mistakes high" 



CGr.