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Old 6th Mar 2015, 13:13
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Just another hint for the original poster. That is regarding trimming the aircraft correctly for any different configuration and power pitch adjustment.

Correctly trimmed the aircraft should fly a glide path with the smallest inputs from the pilot.

Many new and some more established pilots land flat or nose wheel heavy for that very reason.

Speed control and accuracy is vital.

Once the aircraft is stable and configured and in the last couple of hundred feet trim back so that a slight forward pressure is required to maintain that glideslope!

That will avoid the heavy flare and the flat or nose wheel landing.
you should be able to play the controls in the flare without undue pressure and not feel like your pulling on a ten ton bag of potatoes

A number of posts have talked about a stabilised approach leading to a good landing! I agree with that but maybe not that the approach is stable 6 miles out
It has to be stable at the missed approach point if its not chuck it away and go around just don't land on a wing and a prayer hoping that it won't be too bad as a passenger to the aircraft rather than being in control

But accurate trimming makes life a heck of a lot easier and probably not taught well enough

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