Peter R. wrote:

Jose wrote:


It is not until power is pulled almost all the way back, which in my case
typically is less than 50 feet above the runway or about a second before
touchdown.

You land with a vertical speed of fifty feet per second? I don't think
it matters whether it's gear up or down at that point!


LESS than. I guess the tears in your eyes from your uncontrollable
laughter perhaps prevented you from reading that part.


Even if it was half that, 25 fps is still 1500 fpm, which is a pretty
hefty rate of descent that close to the runway. I probably take 6 or
more seconds from 50 feet to touchdown.


Matt