George Patterson wrote:

Happy Dog wrote:

Brakes are used during a soft field landing where the point is to put
as little weight as possible on the nose gear.


Not the way I was taught. You stay off the brakes to keep the nose light.

Yep and I was taught to begin to feed the power in as you slow towards a
fast taxi speed. I've never landed on a really soft field before to try
the technique for real, but it makes sense.


Matt