Originally Posted by
Pilot DAR
By the way, the flapless type I mentioned does have a remark in the flight manual about increasing speed above glide speed for a power off landing.
In no part of my post did I suggest that final approach should have been at best glide speed. Best glide speed, compensated for actual weight, wind, and airmass sink/lift, is appropriate until reaching the intended landing site. Once over the intended landing site best glide speed has no relevance. The task is now to select a touchdown point and to fly the circuit/pattern to land near that point using appropriate pattern/circuit speeds.
Since nearly all my (airplane) approaches are at idle power all I would need to do is move the planned touchdown point further down the runway to have some margin in case I misjudged the difference in glide between idle and a real engine fail. (Those who always make shallow dragged-in approaches will have much more problem judging an engine fail circuit/pattern.)