My first hour in a complex aircraft, the Beech V35B

In article ,
Dennis O'Connor wrote:

Full stall landings are what you should be doing... With the wheels 6 inches
off, the nose should be up and the horn sounding when touchdown occurs...

One thing that took me a while to appreciate when I transitioned from
C-172 spring steel gear to my Comanche's strut cusioned mains is that
you really do need to thump slightly to compress the struts and get some
traction. If you roll it on you are still flying, you just happen to
be dragging your tires along at the same time. And it extends the
transition between steering with the rudder and steering with the
nosewheel, which in a crosswind is a recipe for getting sideways (which
your mains will happily accommodate since they don't have much weight
yet).

--
Ben Jackson

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