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Landing skills
OK, we've all heard the "It's a good landing if. . ."
a -- you can walk away from it, b -- the airplane can be used again. When the several of us do proficiency rides with each other, we try to refine that a bit. My working definition is c -- if both throttle and yoke move back monotonically from abeam the numbers onward, and you make the planned turn off without touching your brakes I was introduced to a different definition by a guy new to our group who flies a 182. He has a much better feel for his airplane than I do for mine -- if I'm wearing a noise canceling headset I can't hear OR FEEL (caps intentional) some of his landings when the mains touch the surface. I know we're down when he lowers the nose wheel, I tell him it's easier in a high wing airplane, but later I went out in the M20 alone and did 5 touch and goes, and felt the mains touch down each time. It's going to take some work to get the rate of descent close to zero at an altitude of an inch or so. For the record, my new friend did not land hot -- the stall warning was chirping. Anyhow, he can 'grease it on' better than anyone I know. Ideas on technique to do that are welcome. Yeah, other than practice practice practice |
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