Originally Posted by
Step Turn
Every landing I do in every type I fly will be a full flaps landing.
I've always believed that landing flapless gives you better gust control, particularly in the flare, at the expense of needing a little more pavement.
I'm sure someone more technically expert than myself can explain it in terms of wing loading, but I think of it as reducing the gust component expressed as a percentage of the stall speed.
IIRC on a warrior, landing flapless gets you about a 15% increase in stall speed.
I can't imagine any situation where I'd ever attempt to three point a tricycle light aircraft and would regard such a landing as a major fail.
I suppose if you're using a warrior to train someone to operate an A320, teaching them not to hold off might just prevent a tailstrike incident further on down the line, but IMO it's no way to fly a light aircraft.