Getting landings right
I am having trouble getting my landings right. I am making hard landings, sometimes on all three wheels. On final I am aiming for the touchdown zone until I am at the right altitude for my flare, but when I do flare the plane starts to climb. I have to correct so I over correct and then have to flare harder to get the nose back up. In that moment I touchdown hard. I am not sure if I should be looking down the runway sooner than I do or if I am too focused on my landing point. I know that the check ride will be judging my touchdown point and maybe I am letting that thought interfere with my landing.
My instructor has gone over the sequence a zillion times, but I am not improving very well. I don't know what else he can tell me. I looked all over the net to find an article about landings. There was one on Airbum.com but it didn't seem to address my problem. I was hoping that some of you experts might be able to shed some light on landing technique in words that my instructor hasn't used. This coming Wednesday I want to make 3 perfect landings. Then I will solo. After that it's cross country, night flight, and check ride.
I began my flying instruction in Seattle in 1980. I was flying a C150. I soloed, made my cross country flights and did everything except a check ride. At the time I thought I was going to have to do a spin for the examiner. After having done one with my instructor (and I didn't know we were going to spin) I decided I didn't ever want to do spins again. So I flew occasionally just for "practice." Then I got transferred and life happened. I found out I will not have to do spins so now I am getting my license. I had 50 hours before and now have 12 or 14 new hours 30 years later. But what happened to my landings? I used to be able to set down on grass runways without leaving a mark. Now I can barely keep from denting the concrete runway.