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Old 27th Oct 2004, 14:47
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Chuck Ellsworth
 
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If you are trying to do the shortest landing the best way is to wheel it on and touch down as close to the start of the runway as possible, once the wheels are on the runway you lower the nose to put as much weight as possible on the wheels so you can use maximum braking.

You cannot use maximum braking in a three point attitude due to wheel skid due to the lift produced by the high angle of attack of the wings.

And Please, please , please dont tell me that is not the way to do it because most of my tail wheel time is in the DC3 and almost all of it on unprepared short strips. And yes I have three pointed the 3 many times just for something different to do, but never with passengers on board.

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