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Old 28th Nov 2013, 14:14
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flarepilot
 
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one of the most important things about landing is knowing how to fly slowly


so, go up to a safe altitude (3000 agl or more) and configure for landing...fly as slowly as possible, note the airspeed.

then

stall the plane, note the speed

recover, get this part right, RECOVER

then take the speed you noted as stalling, multiply it by 1.3 and you now have vref on a nice day with steady wind.


try coming in at that speed on final, slowing down when you ''cross the fence'' to touchdown just above stalling speed...a gentle wheeze fromt he stall warning as the wheels touch is nice, but should be done with caution.


in that way you don't even have to pull out the poh and calculate


and what is over the fence/cross the fence? how about on glideslope at 50's agl or half your wingspan
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