I'm still learning on the buddy box so take it as you will...I fly an avistar with a .46 LA on it.

Before I make my turn to final I cut the throttle to idle. Make the 90 degree turn - fly a bit on the short leg and then turn 90 degrees again to get lined up on the runway - all with the throttle at idle.

Say your standing at about mid point of the runway flying a standard pattern where you go past the end of the runway, make a turn - fly a short leg - turn - fly past the other end of the runway - make a short leg - turn, and fly back by yourself in the middle of the runway.

You want to cut the power as you pass yourself on the downind leg of the patter - maybe that helps I wish I had a picture. Meaning you are still heading 180 degrees from the way your wanting to land - and you have to make 2 more 90 degree turns to get "on" the runway.

You just have to learn how to eyeball it. But basically I'm in the air a long time at idle on the downwind leg, the short leg before I turn to fly into the wind for landing.

The whole time I'm loosing altitude with the nose just "slightly" below the horizon (as if you were really in the plane). The purpose is to hold the nose up from a true dive and therefore bleed airspeed.

About 3 feet from the runway I start to level off with the engine still at idle and the plane will start to sink if your flying slow enough. Let it sink down to about a foot or so from the runway which is when you flare JUST A TAD - BARELY touch the up elevator to make the plane land on the main wheels and then let go and it will settle on the nose wheel and you won't have the speed necessary to actually bounce because the plane won't fly anymore.

Don't use the elevator to loose altitude on an approach because all you basically do is add airspeed and what you want is to loose altitude and airspeed at the same time. Cut the engine to idle or almost idle and keep the nose up (just like a real plane) if you start to come in too steep add a touch of power and when you get about right again cut down the power again.