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Old 14th December 2016 | 20:23
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n5296s
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From: LFMD
If you're keen, practice a full power off landing from circuit altitude at the "best glide speed". It can be done, but you're flare best be very well timed! Too early, and you'll crunch, as the aircraft, though pitched up, will not have arrested the descent. Too late, and crunch, because you did not arrest the descent.
I'm surprised by this. Best glide speed in my TR182 (clean) is 75, empirically determined, 78 iirc in the POH. There's no documented dirty best glide speed (because why would you be doing this) but empirically it's about 65. That's exactly my normal over-the-threshold speed which has plenty of energy to flare and even float a little.

Of course this is type dependent so maybe the Caravan is especially bad in this regard.
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