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Old 5th Dec 2016, 10:46
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If you can take off smoothly, you can land smoothly.

Look at the hover attitude of your B 47 - I'm guessing it is a couple of degrees nose up and a couple of degrees left wing low.

On the ground (if it is level) you will have nose and wings level (or close enough)

On take off, you use a little left cyclic and some aft cyclic as you raise the lever to get the aircraft very close to hover attitude before you break ground completely.

For landing, as the rear of the left skid touches the ground, allow the cyclic to move slightly right and forward so that the transfer from hover attitude to skid on the ground attitude is made gradually.

If it is the last 2 feet to the ground that is the problem then use the advice given in previous posts - if you can get from 10 feet to 2 feet without trouble, you can get from 2 feet to the ground.

LWAPAM - look well ahead and pick a marker Good luck and keep at it.
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