Originally Posted by
Uplinker
Respect to any pilots landing at Courchevel, I don't think I could do it.
At 18.5° up-slope, could you stop safely on the runway, or do you have to get all the way to the top before you dare stop ?
With such a slope, some airplanes won't be able to climb up if they stop. So you rather need to add power than to brake.
It's a fairly different landing technique than on flat runways.
I've practised a field with very similar characteristics : maintain final approach power for flare and touchdown : you end up at taxi speed on the top platform.
If I was to land there with a different, larger type, I would reduce power to ensure touchdown and then see what happens. But I would still expect to have to add power, if the speeds are not much larger than the type I first used.
Easily computed with the kinetic vs potential energy equations.