That's one reason I always land without power and with full flaps in
normal wind conditions. That way if (when?) I have an engine failure and
have to do it for real, it won't be a surprise. I've yet to fly an
airplane that won't flare just fine without power, with full flaps and at
the minimum airspeed recommended for approach in the POH.

Well, it's not that it can't be done with our Pathfinder -- we did it that
way for the first year or two we owned the plane.

Then we were shooting the breeze with a previous owner of the plane (the guy
who put all the speed mods on), and he told us his "two notches of flaps and
roll the electric trim back as you're flaring" landing technique that he
always used when he owned the plane.

We tried it, loved it, and never went back.

It's a landing technique that simply produces superior results on
medium-length runways in our (somewhat) nose-heavy airplane. As an owner,
I've decided that whatever produces the most consistent, smoothest landings
is what we will use, in the interest of keeping maintenance costs (I.E.:
Tires, brakes, struts, etc.) to a minimum.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
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