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Old 20th Feb 2010, 17:40
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Zippy Monster
 
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Agree - land it, but gently. The way I find I do it is once the main wheels are down, just gently release the back pressure on the sidestick until the nosewheel is down. Once it's down, release to neutral.

You don't want to release it too quick and slam it down, but presumably it's also not too good an idea to hold it up for too long (remember your pedals are giving you directional control through the nosewheel as well as the rudder.) Speaking of which, here is a good video of a pilot doing exactly that in a BWIA A340 at Manchester a few years ago.
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