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NW_Pilot · July 24th, 2007, 21:16

Try pulling the power to idle when your sure your going to make the runway like 150'-200' from the threshold and you'll be greasing those landings in no time otherwise it just lengthens the landing distance. I had trouble with that too, but even more trouble flaring too high like @ 20' off the ground and expecting the plane to take itself the rest of the way down...doesn't work like that. After I learned to flare @ 3-5' off the ground and fly it out I had it licked.

Another technique a guy showed for learning purposes mostly was to come in really slow and use the engine to keep yourself on the glidepath and when you pull power you set right down on the runway. That technique has come in handy on some short strips I fly into occasionally and we have to go into our first stop REALLY HEAVY cuz there's no fuel at our final destination. Probably pushing the wieght limits but the guy I go with was an Alaskan bush pilot and he said they could legally be 10% over max up there.

Wait till you learn forward slips!! Wierd sensation at first but really a cool way to bleed off speed for no flap/short field landings. God I had a lot of fun learning to fly!

Keep the updates coming and good luck tomorrow. NW_Piolt, out!

July 24th, 2007, 21:16	#5
NW_Pilot Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 61	Re: SDFCVOH's Flight training thread. Try pulling the power to idle when your sure your going to make the runway like 150'-200' from the threshold and you'll be greasing those landings in no time otherwise it just lengthens the landing distance. I had trouble with that too, but even more trouble flaring too high like @ 20' off the ground and expecting the plane to take itself the rest of the way down...doesn't work like that. After I learned to flare @ 3-5' off the ground and fly it out I had it licked. Another technique a guy showed for learning purposes mostly was to come in really slow and use the engine to keep yourself on the glidepath and when you pull power you set right down on the runway. That technique has come in handy on some short strips I fly into occasionally and we have to go into our first stop REALLY HEAVY cuz there's no fuel at our final destination. Probably pushing the wieght limits but the guy I go with was an Alaskan bush pilot and he said they could legally be 10% over max up there. Wait till you learn forward slips!! Wierd sensation at first but really a cool way to bleed off speed for no flap/short field landings. God I had a lot of fun learning to fly! Keep the updates coming and good luck tomorrow. NW_Piolt, out! __________________ " There's old pilots, and there's bold pilots, but there aren't many old bold pilots"