Originally Posted by
BFSGrad
That would mean an aircraft would cross the threshold at 1.3Vso, bleed off 30% of the airspeed in the flare, and touch down at Vso with the wing at the critical angle of attack?
I don’t think that is a typical airplane landing technique.
For big commercial stuff, not advisable, though for small C172 alike, in principle yes (for the PPL, there is a zero -assumed malfunctioning- flaps training item to fly the C172 at a very shallow angle, without flare, against the deck, with suitable power). I'd say, a dead-stick twin otter should be treated like a (dead-stick) C172 (no power to support shallow-angle approaches. Feel free to correct me.