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Old 10th Feb 2009, 14:22
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adverse comments by the uneducated
Careful there Rainboe, I can think of a few of your own gems.


There is something unusual about that 'flare', and the resulting action is anything but ordinary. The video isn't spectacularly clear, but it appears that there is significant deviation of the elevators both up and down prior to touchdown.

I am yet to fly an aircraft where the recommended landing technique is described as I have just watched.

As for the G force on impact - I would think you'd have felt that!

In answer to the original question - application of the correct technique would have mitigated the wild pitching in the video. It appears he/she flared too high and attempted to correct with a significant pitching down - maybe too heavy handed with the correction

Last edited by Love_joy; 10th Feb 2009 at 14:26. Reason: To answer the original question
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