On Nov 5, 9:41*pm, "BT" wrote:
Plopping does not count except for back country strips where it is needed...
Nor does the technique of dropping the Johnson Bar to the floor count..
Smooth roll on landings please..
Although I must admit sometimes in the Pawnee the 3 pointers plop on before
I expect it.
That dang bird just hates a 3 knot tail wind and a 3 point landing
combination.
BT

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message

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I can't say this over on the student group *of course :-)))))))

.......but for pilots who are comfortable flying behind the power
curve and can walk that fine line keeping the airplane out of coffin
corner (the power curve coffin corner NOT the altitude coffin
corner :-) in a powered aircraft, a good pilot can plop down many
light airplanes very close to the parameters available to a glider
using spoilers.
Dudley Henriques

I must be missing something. Are you folks talking "regulation spot
landings" or just putting the airplane down on a specific spot? If the
latter, a behind the curve approach flown by a good pilot comfortable
in that environment will most certainly put the airplane down within a
few feet of the desired spot if the final approach path allows the
shallow approach.
Other than this, a normal spot landing in a powered airplane should
not be as accurate as one flown in a glider......considering of course
no difference between the two cockpits, which can be a HUGE factor in
deciding these things :-)))
DH