Does anyone know how long a flare is in perfect conditions?
What I mean by that is, if you have a ROD of 750 fpm at 50ft while doing 150kts across the ground, and then conduct a perfect flare at 25ft, how many meters is it from 50 ft to touch down. The ROD obviously decreases as does the ground speed but only by a few knots. If my aim point is exactly 1000ft, and I conduct the perfect flare ( let's assume constant ground speed for simplicity of 150kts), where will I touch down? I would hazard a guess at about 1150ft, maybe 1200ft.
Interesting discussion. I find that by looking out the window I automatically vary the timing of my thrust reduction according to the rate of change I see out the window. Once in a while I find it necessary to keep thrust in until late in the piece, most of the time it is similar to a flap 30 landing.