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Old 22nd Jun 2016, 16:05
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AG, I didn't say 'stall it on', I said 'fully held off'. That was deliberate. As the stall is approached lift reduces considerably and the aeroplane sinks long before the nose drops.

The aeroplane therefore touches down well before any nose-drop tendency can begin if you fully hold off inches above the runway. Even if you fully held off 20 feet above the runway the aeroplane would not nose-in; it would descent flat into the runway at a very high rate of descent. You might get away with a colossal bounce, or you might write off the aeroplane. So don't do that!

Just do your hold off a few inches (the fewer the better) above the runway and keep pulling back (not enough to induce any climb) as the speed falls until it kisses the runway despite your best efforts to keep it airborne.
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