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Old 28th Apr 2015, 11:04
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Zonkor
 
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A related topic is dumping flaps on touchdown, which is a quite widespread practice for short-field landings (or in microlight flying to prevent the damn thing from bouncing off again).

I've seen a very experienced pilot do it in one combined move during roundout. We came in quite steeply with full flaps and speed just above Vs0 on short final, then just above the ground he did an aggressive flare and raised flaps quickly. Elevator balanced out loss of lift nicely, making it a pleasant arrival (and the shortest landing I've ever witnessed in a spam can).
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