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Well I've sat back and listened to this latest line and just like so many other problems described with landings there is a common thread here. That thread is simply that few pilots today really seem to understand the fundamentals. The number one fundamental is to reduce the flying speed to absolute minimum before touch down. This has nothing to do with the air speed down final. This has to do with the flare and holding absolute max aft stick on touch down. Touch down on the nose gear and you will porpoise, guaranteed fact. Touch down with the nose high and absolute minimum airspeed and you stick. In addition to this you have less chance to raise a wing on a strong X-wind. Now the older coupes do have a disadvantage with the limited up elevator since you cannot do a what is essentially a full stall landing but the principal is still the same. Hold it off in ground effect until it won't hold fly any more. Drive it on with any excess airspeed and you will always subject yourself to the potential of a bad if not disastrous landing. Personally I happen to fly a very unorthodox final, I turn a 1/4 - 1/2 mile final at 85-90 and bleed the speed all the way down final until touch down. Give my choice, traffic permitting or a friendly controller I do an overhead 360. Every landing is made as a spot landing, a habit instilled by my instructor who I'm not convinced didn't signed off Wilbur and Orvill. His philology was that if you could not land consistently within a 50 foot target with the throttle closed down final you would eventually hurt yourself or your plane. There is a good argument for not doing this practice since you will tend to have shock cooling if you had not prepared before entering the pattern with a significant reduction in power. Do it right and no problem, practice makes perfect, end of story. Dave __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01 ==^================================================================
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