Flying is energy management. You have 2 types of energy to manipulate.
Converting your liquid fuel to thrust (which can be converted to airspeed or
altitude) and your altitude (potential energy) to kinetic energy (either
airspeed or altitude). Which combinations you use depend on what you want to
accomplish. Your goal at landing is to reach the ground at the lowest
possible airspeed. So basically, your are attempting to greet the earth with
the lowest possible energy.

mike

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Lately I have modified my flying methods in the sim in ways that seem
to produce better results, but I don't know if I'm learning to do
things correctly or simply acquiring bad habits. I want to make sure
that I don't "cheat" too much when flying.