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Old 14th September 1999 | 03:12
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Personally I reckon that the Warrior wing makes stabilised approaches slightly more difficult than in a straight wing Cherokee. Having read the above, I think that WWW has definitely given the best advice. For normal approaches in the Warrior, we go for 75 KIAS on base, turn final, select full flap adjust attitude to achieve an approach speed (NOT threshold speed!!) of 65 KIAS, then select touchdown point and fly 'point and power' all the way down until the flare - throttle to idle without delay, look at the far end and hold off until touchdown. We do not publish 'short field' data for the PA28s any more, but if you fly the same technique as normal only reducing your approach speed by about 5 KIAS and reducing to idle power JUST before the flare it'll sit down happily enough and allow you to concentrate on braking. Most landing problems seem to result from far too high an approach speed (80 KIAS+) followed by an excessive flare ballooning the aircraft back into the sky whereupon the pilot gives up hope and allows the aircraft to smite the ground. This is often due to the increasing out-of-trim force as the speed reduces during the flare which is difficult to manage comfortably if the aircraft has been flown all the way down to the flare in trim some 25 kts above the speed at which it should ultimately kiss the deck.