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Old 22nd Jun 2016, 13:43
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Many nose wheel pilots just don't bother, and plonk it on 3-point over-stressing the nose leg. Which sooner rather than later gives up the unequal battle (see AAIB reports any month you choose).
Absolutely correct.

a fully held off landing in a nose wheel or tail wheel aircraft is the correct way to it in light aircraft
Not so absolute with respect to tailwheel aircraft, more a matter of pilot preference (I do note that SSD qualified the statement with "most"). personally, I will always wheel land taildraggers, unless presented with a good reason to three point - and that good reason has not been presented to me yet for any "normal" operation (which is all I fly in them).

But, in any case, make sure you know what type of landing you intend, and you fly the plane, don't let it fly you.
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