I can relate. I just got my first few landings in a Comanche-250 the other
day. The downward pitch and apparent nose-scrubbing tendency was the biggest hurdle.
I normally land my Cherokee with 2 of the 3 notches of flaps to keep it from pitching
the nose down so much. With the speed of the Comanche (which I've heard is very
similar to the Mooney save for the strut/puck gear differences), all the flaps are
normally required. It seemed to be a matter of holding the (apparent nose-low)
attitute *by sight* before flaring to let the speed bleed off. Then the actual
touchdown was by feel once slow enough to not balloon and keep the nosewheel off.

YMMV... sure did like the 1500 fpm climb though...

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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