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Old 5th Nov 2009, 11:26
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Originally Posted by chevvron
I'm no expert on the AX2000, but I would have thought that even a 5 ft flare is a bit high; I used to 'demonstrate' flare at 'about 2ft and it lands itself'; cos at this sort of height you're just about in ground effect and it sinks to the ground quite gently.

I think that perhaps somebody is confusing roundout and flare. An aircraft in this class probably rounds out starting around 10ft, and flares around 18 inches.

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