Evo
Try working this through....
If you are descending on a stabilised 3 degree glideslope, you need to divide your groundspeed by half and then multiply by 10 to calculate the required rate of descent.
So if you are coming in at 60kts (70kias less 10 kt headwind component), you need to to maintain 60/2x10=300fpm rate of descent all the way down final approach. At 60kts, you are also descending 300 feet per nautical mile. (300 divided by groundspeed multiplied by 60)
If you are using a two mile final, you need to be at 600 feet when you start, or 900 feet if you use a 3 mile final.
Flying a light aircraft is very much a matter of feel, so you don't need to nail the numbers above exactly (as would be the case on an airliner), but if you get yourself "in the slot" at the right height and distance, set the attitude and power for a 300 feet per nautical mile rate of descent with the required airspeed, then "tweak" the settings gently as required to maintain the picture, you should find it easier to maintain a steady profile down final.
I am not an intructor, so you will need to talk this through with yours, but a kindly airline capt taught me this approach and it works very well for me.
Of course it wont't help you flare, but you will arrive at the flare in a calm and orderly manner.
Keep it up mate, I remember going through this hell myself and a couple of years on couldn't understand what the fuss was all about!
F3G
[ 16 August 2001: Message edited by: Final 3 Greens ]