Originally Posted by
rnzoli
Yeah, well.... I am not sure what stage I am in
I know what stage I'm in - most of my flying has been from 2km of tarmac.
Before going to a (comparatively) much shorter grass runway I would usually fly an hour of circuits (full stop and backtrack) on grass a few days beforehand, because I know I'm not usually in practice. And if by the end of the hour I wasn't consistently stopping by my chosen mark I'd rethink the trip to the short runway.
What I've never thought to practice is deliberately coming in 5kt too fast and then going around after the first bounce ... so this has been an "interesting" discussion.