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snoopy_@excite.com · Guest

Does anyone have advice on how to make those perfect "greased"
landings? I have been trying to think on how to make my landings extra
nice, and extra soft.
In some ways I think a lower roundout would help, which would result
in a the plane howevering at just over 1 ft of the runway, which would
make for a lower drop in the flare.
I also was thinking of given a little spurt of speed to ease it in
during the flare.
I noticed that sometimes my instructor lands with just a little
juice, rather than dead idle.
There must be some techniques that guys have developed to help make
nice landings. Once I felt I was on the ground and the instructor
yanked the yoke back to exagerate the flare for me and he pulled me
right off the runway again...... I swear I was down. :-)

Brian · Guest

Easy suggestion, just put one wheel on the ground at a time.

You will be surprised at how much doing them one at a time will soften
a landing.

It does work best with Tri-Gear airplanes

Now it will just take some practice to get the skill to do so
consistanly. a little crosswind will help.

Brian
CFIG/ASEL

Brian · Guest

Another simple suggestion really work on using the Rudder to get the
airplane lined up with the runway.

Much of the smoothness of a landing is lost when the airplane has to
straighten it self out on touch down.

Brian

mommers · Guest

Yes, you are right.....having that little bit of power on the flare does
result in an soft touchdown. I wouldn't reccommend this technique for
short field ops as that "little" bit of power can add a fair amount on
you landing roll if you leave it on too long.

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mommers
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