Startup, runup, shutdown, turns and landings - 2 videos

On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:55:46 -0700 (PDT), D Ramapriya wrote:

On Jul 25, 12:16*pm, Clark wrote:

1.3Vso is recommended for approach. It isn't a FAR reg as far as I know. That
said, it is standard procedure to land a single engine aircraft at/about Vso.
Landing is simply rounding out the descent and then holding the aircraft off
the ground +/- 1 foot until it quits flying. It is much easier to type the
description than to execute it. Anyway, the stall warning should be on when
the wheels touch. In my aircraft, the stall warning activates about 10 kts
above stall so it is frequently on in the round out.

Look at it from the other side. If the aircraft is above Vso at touch down
then the aircraft is much more likely to bounce. Bounces are very bad since
they tend to lead to a nose low attitude and damage to the aircraft. If you
always touchdown at or slightly below Vso then you won't bounce.

Perhaps the part that bothers you is the approach is flown at 1.3Vso and the
landing is at Vso.

My bad actually - I mistook the approach speed for touchdown speed!
I'm not a pilot and it shows

Thanks a lot,

Ramapriya

You ask good questions though.