Getting landings right
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Like someone mentioned earlier - look far away. A good point is to fixate at the end of the runway ahead of you and judge from that. You're peripheral vision is much more astute at judging height above surface than if you're staring straight in front of the nose, or worse, out the side window.
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what seems to work for me....and very very novice as only did my 1st solo land away this week..though a fair bit of circuit bashing...nail the 65kts.... keep the runway numbers 1/3 up the screen , adjusting power for height and attitude for speed...pull all the power off when over or nearly over the threshold depending on the approach.... when the numbers disappear under the nose....look up towards the end of the runway....pull back gently on the yoke till the stall warner goes off ...hold that attitude and keep looking to the end of the runway....the main wheels should just touch down...... then drop the nose wheel.
There is quite a good video from Kings School on you tube for landings
There is quite a good video from Kings School on you tube for landings
Many much better comments here than I could make, Scott.
Can I just say one thing - you say several times 'Pull back on the stick/control column' - may I suggest 'EASE back on the stick/control column'.
Someone else said the flare should not be rushed - thinking 'ease back'; rather than 'pull' helps.
And we all occasionally get a landing wrong and have to throw it away. Even after 40 years plus of playing at aviation, it happens. A very humbling game!
Can I just say one thing - you say several times 'Pull back on the stick/control column' - may I suggest 'EASE back on the stick/control column'.
Someone else said the flare should not be rushed - thinking 'ease back'; rather than 'pull' helps.
And we all occasionally get a landing wrong and have to throw it away. Even after 40 years plus of playing at aviation, it happens. A very humbling game!
My 2c (from a low time PPL) in addition to the great advice offered so far:
To expand on what Silvare and BigPistons said, only on very rare occasions can you turn a bad approach into a good landing, but experience has shown that its always possible to turn a good approach into a bad landing
. If you are not prepared to go around then you are not prepared to land, so if you don't like what you see, go around and try again.
To expand on what Silvare and BigPistons said, only on very rare occasions can you turn a bad approach into a good landing, but experience has shown that its always possible to turn a good approach into a bad landing
. If you are not prepared to go around then you are not prepared to land, so if you don't like what you see, go around and try again.
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then drop the nose wheel.
Keep the nosewheel off the ground as if your life depended on it, once the mains are down keep gently moving the yoke/stick back to the stops & hold it there the weight of the engine up front will do the job for you when the wing stops flying.
