Maxflyer
Be careful. If you're too slow & too high, and raise the flaps, you'll be in trouble.
It requires busy hands. Idle the throttle, then cover the flap lever.
I'd be interested to hear how it goes.
Flyin'Dutch'
I started to play with this method whilst trying out the short field landing technique. For the short field landing, you want to get the wheels onto the ground as soon as possible because the brakes are the most effective way of slowing the aircraft quickly. Rather than risk a float or long flare, raising the laps at the right moment will plant the wheels firmly down. When the speed is below flying speed you could dump the flaps again to increase the drag.
Whilst practicing this I realised that by varying the angle during the flare it's possible to control the aircraft's height almost like a lift.
What I do is fly an normal approach, over the threshold I cut to idle and move my hand over to the flap level. When I'm entering ground effect height, I start to lift and adjust the lever.
Last edited by yawningdog; 20th Mar 2004 at 22:50.