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Old 13th September 1999 | 16:04
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The method that worked for me in Warriors was to make a shallower approach, much less than the normal 3 degrees, as slow as possible, with full flap. Cut the approach speed by 5 knots on finals. You will find barely any flare, with the nosewheel touching down an instant after the mains.

If however, you are obstacle limited on the approach, say a 50ft tree on the threshold, this is obviously not going to work and the steep dive at the threshold, followed by a mighty heave backwards will work, as long as you accept that the landing is not going to be pretty. Accurate speed control is the key, and with full flap, it should smack down on the runway and stay there. Hopefully, you will hear the stall-warner buzz at you, as you round out, if it's gone as planned.

Be prepared to go-around if it all goes pear-shaped. There will be some tendency to float, so you will obviously require a longer runway for the latter technique.

I haven't flown a Warrior in ages, but I do seem to recall there is a short-field performance section at the back of the POH which includes tables for both obstacle-limited and non-obstacle limited landings.

The warrior wing has quite a chord for an aircraft of its class, and it will quite happily turn any excess speed into a float down the runway, as several of you have already pointed out !