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Old 6th September 2002 | 14:30
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Chuck Ellsworth
 
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Hi FormationFlyer:

May I comment on one of your statements?

Quote " If you are at 75 kts. and flare your speed will not drop of to 50 kts. by touch down...."

That all depends on how you fly your airplane.

You can be at 175 kts and flare and given enough time and distance, by maintaining the proper attitudes without power, gravity and drag will decay your velocity ( speed ) and your airplane will drop to whatever airspeed it stalls at prior to runway contact.

The real secret is allowing all this to take place at the correct height above the runway during the decay of air speed especially when it stalls...6 inches above the runway at the stall is about perfect.

This is really not black magic or something beyond mere mortals being able to grasp, it is just plain old physics, aerodynamics and airplane handling.

I am sure you did not mean to state it the way you did.

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