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Old 1st Sep 2002, 09:30
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knobbygb
 
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I'm not as experienced as many (most) on here, but I must say I agree with the last few posters. The thing that really did it for me when learning to land was trying not to land the aircraft - as F3G says, i.e. the yoke should be right back in your chest with the stall warner blaring before anything touches the ground.

I did my first ever nosewheel-first landing the other day and the reason was that I didn't fly a stabilised approach - too high, then a little low and fast and most importantly, too fast over the threashold. It always amazes me just how slow the warrior can fly before stalling.

As others have said, full flap is a huge help - it provides loads of drag and not much extra lift. It's really noticable just how long the speed takes to bleed off with only 25 degrees. Obviously we practice without, but I don't see why full 40 deg flap shouldn't be standard.
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