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Old 14th Mar 2016, 22:31
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The tendency to float is purely that the wing is still flying
We look at landing as where the wing starts to stop flying and is also creating drag and sinks to the runway
That is not the only way to land
I placed a link in another thread to an AAIB report where a citation with control problems landed at 190 kts where the normal VREF was 105 KTS obviously a crazy example but he landed and stopped
Hence any float is pilot technique and in certain conditions it's better to fly it on
Put it down rather than holding off
The main problem is keeping the nose wheel clear and an aircraft with a large distance from nose to mains suits better

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