> > > In real life, I've been having a hard time with my landings on the
> > > circuit ('suck' might be the most appropriate term).
> > (1) Ask to have a night lesson. The air will be a lot smoother and
> > you can practice things like roundout and ground effect
> > operations.
> ..early mornings also works nice here. (roundout == flare out ?)
American teaching separates the roundout and the flare as follows ...
a. a straight line >= 3 degree descent at constant speed.
b. at ~20ft altitude, pull power to idle and maintain same path
gradually, the nose has to rise and increase AOA for reducing speed.
c. roundout is from 10ft altitude to 1ft altitude (for small planes)
where you change the descent angle to level flight - raise nose 3 deg.
Nose also raises a fraction due to power at idle, but you're still on the
front of the power curve so the AOA change is still relatively slow.
d. if you had too much speed, you now float, where the aero efficiency
is too high so the AOA is barely increasing ... just have to wait.
e. the flare is when airspeed is well past best glide and you're on the
back of the power curve. Drag is increasing rapidly, so real aero
braking occurs, deceleration is noticeable and AOA starts to increase
very rapidly. On the controls, the yoke is visibly moving smoothly.
f. you stall and drop the last fraction of an inch onto the wheels.
once you lower the nose, it takes a _strong_ gust to get you in the air.
In a full stall landing, (c) and (e) are easily distinguished.
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