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Old 3rd May 2008, 11:33
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foxmoth
 
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Not sure I understand that technique. Surely once on the ground you have full aft stick to kill any tendency for it to take-off again. Effectively a 3-point attitude is in or close to a fully-stalled state, so why would you want to unstall the wing?
Chuck was talking about the wheeler landing here, not the 3 pointer, so you are not unstalling the wing, merely reducing the angle of attack so that you do not become airborne again, from touchdown you then progressively move the stick forward as the speed falls so that you keep the aircraft level and the tail up in the slipstream, eventually when you run out of airspeed the tail will drop with the stick fully forward (in a strong wind it is possible to actually stop with some power on and the tail still up - not recommended for any but the most experienced!), it is then that you bring the stick fully aft.
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