BobDDuck
Island Bus Driver
Maybe somebody can give me an idea on this.
I now have about 12 hours, .3 of which are solo. In that .3 I shot 3 landings, two of which were fair, one of which sucked. Since then it has been too windy (read: >15 knot xwind) so I have been doing duel with my instructor. Anyhow, I am still have problems with the landing. I know it is something that will come with time but here's the problem.
I am able to maintain speed on final. I also don't have a large problem with holding the centerline or a crab as needed. I get all the way down to the flair and start to pull back. At that point there is a two second float where the a/c slows in ground effect and then starts to settle. That is where my problem starts. The first problem I had was that I wasn't pulling back enough/fast enough after the float/flair. When that would happen that plane would slam down on the noise gear (very bad) and the mains at the same time. I think I am mostly over that problem. What happens now is I flair and float for a few seconds and then as the plan settles I pull back too quickly, pitching up again. Of course I have no airpseed so the plane just drops like a rock. I know looking down the runway out in front helps, and I have found that to be true. Any other thoughts that may be helpful? Thanks.
Ethan
I now have about 12 hours, .3 of which are solo. In that .3 I shot 3 landings, two of which were fair, one of which sucked. Since then it has been too windy (read: >15 knot xwind) so I have been doing duel with my instructor. Anyhow, I am still have problems with the landing. I know it is something that will come with time but here's the problem.
I am able to maintain speed on final. I also don't have a large problem with holding the centerline or a crab as needed. I get all the way down to the flair and start to pull back. At that point there is a two second float where the a/c slows in ground effect and then starts to settle. That is where my problem starts. The first problem I had was that I wasn't pulling back enough/fast enough after the float/flair. When that would happen that plane would slam down on the noise gear (very bad) and the mains at the same time. I think I am mostly over that problem. What happens now is I flair and float for a few seconds and then as the plan settles I pull back too quickly, pitching up again. Of course I have no airpseed so the plane just drops like a rock. I know looking down the runway out in front helps, and I have found that to be true. Any other thoughts that may be helpful? Thanks.
Ethan