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Old 30th Sep 2003, 11:44
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MJP
 
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DFC,

ANSWER: No I didn't hold off the nose due the gusty crosswind as much as I would have liked. But I did feel during the start of the landing roll the the controls had a solid feel making me think: " Freeze the controls or else I' ll leap off the runway. I feel that I touched down on the mains, but that my nose attitude was probably so low that the nose wheel would have been just an inch or three high?

I must confess that the Jabiru has a very "notchy" throttle so its difficult to select the exact "trickle" of power to make the float seem just right and give you any airflow to touchdown on the mains with a greaser - nose high.

I felt that I could take it to 60KIAS Vapp/Vat but was concened about the airspeed indicator error mentioned by G. I did think for next time: slow down to a band in the 60-65 KIAS but don't get any lower than 60KIAS?

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