PING! Mike Rapoport

If the plane was that nose high on a normal descent you would be at full
power already with little of no power to arrest the descent. As you go
slower and lower your options decrease. I suppose it would be different if
there were a 450hp turbine up front :-).. When you are down around 50mph,
very small changes in airspeed result in large changes in vertical speed and
the the only way to reduce your (downward) vertical speed is to push the
nose over and accellerate. Since we are talking about flying in and around
mountains, there is always some variation in wind.

In theory you are right but, in the real world I an unwilling to risk
totalling the airplane because the wind decreased 5kts at 100agl.

Mike
MU-2


"jsmith" wrote in message
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Why do you need to flare?
Will this work?
Hold a nose high pitch attitude with power to control the descent rate
(and keep from stalling). Allow the tailwheel to contact first and the
mains will follow as you reduce power. You should be able to fly below 50
mph indicated.