Are stretched aircraft less stable?
I have read a lot of reports on this forum and elsewhare about a variety of landing problems with stretched aircraft.
The MD-11 has ended up on its back on more than one occasion whilst the A321 appears to be prone to developing high sink rates on short final often resulting in a tailstrike when last minute corrective action is taken.
Most recently I have heard a number of anecdotal reports of very hard landings in B737-800 aircraft.
This leads me to ask whether stretching an aircraft makes it less stable and more difficult to land?
As always any comments are appreciated.