Landing a warrior

ya the warrior is bad about floating. what I do when I fly one now is similar to
how I land my arrow, I dont really flare, just a few seconds before touching
down, I pull back only slightly onthe yoke so the mains touch first then as soon
as they touch I pull back more to keep the weight off the nose wheel. keeping
your nose low untill just before the mains touch down and only a slight flare
will help you break through the ground effect better. the more you flare the
more you float.

Dan Moos wrote:

I am a 130 hour PP, and the bulk of my time is in various cessnas (152s and
172's) I've always thought myself decent at landing

Until now. I've recently joined a flying club that has a c182 and a warrior.
My my last 20 or so hours are in the warrior. I bet I 've gotten as few as
5 landings that I'm proud of in that time. Nothing dangerous, just massive
floating, followed by clunking it in with maybe even a bounce or 2. Usually
just one. I'm aware of the inhanced ground effect present in a low-wing
plane. I fly my aproaches at around 65 knots with the second noch of flaps.
I seem to have similar struggles with no and full flaps.

Again, these are all landings that my passengers think are great. I'm just
used to getting great results in the cessnas, and wish to do the same in the
warrior.

"jeff" wrote in message ...
ya the warrior is bad about floating.

Well, no big surprise if you're actually flying it 80 knots on final.

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 00:38:14 -0700, jeff wrote:

ya the warrior is bad about floating. what I do when I fly one now is similar to
how I land my arrow, I dont really flare, just a few seconds before touching
down, I pull back only slightly onthe yoke so the mains touch first then as soon
as they touch I pull back more to keep the weight off the nose wheel. keeping
your nose low untill just before the mains touch down and only a slight flare
will help you break through the ground effect better. the more you flare the
more you float.

Then you are too fast.

Flown by the book they are easy to land and no floating.

Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)
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