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Old 13th Apr 2013, 12:29
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How do you do it?
I keep the aircraft off the ground until it's at the correct landing attitude.

In a nosewheel aircraft that means that the aircraft will touch down on the mainwheels only. It won't actually be stalled at touchdown, although many of us think of it as a stalled landing. If you hold off until you reach the landing attitude, & then maintain that attitude, then as drag slows the aircraft down, the wings create less lift & the aircraft will descend. If the wheels were less than 1m off the ground, it will be a reasonable touchdown.

If you had the right airspeed as you crossed the threshold, the hold off will last about 2 seconds. That's just enough airspeed on approach to give you a margin above the stall but not so much that you float for ages down the runway.

Trying to fly the aircraft onto the ground conjures up images of nosewheel first touchdowns & wheelbarrowing down the runway. If you really, really try to stall before touchdown then you could indeed have a tailstrike, particularly in a low wing aircraft.

Good landings are the result of the right airspeed on approach & the right attitude before touching down.
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