REFLECTOR: Tips

[Lou Stedman]

Thanks Scott. I'll give it a try. What are you flying and how long does it take you to get off.

Lou Stedman
Velocity N7044Q
Olean, NY
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Scott Derrick 
  To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list 
  Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 1:52 PM
  Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Tips


  Lou,

  The way I do it is to give a jab of up elevator when the mains touch.  Its a timing thing that will become automatic after a while.  

  I was taught by a Velocity demo pilot to goose the throttle a bit just before touchdown which also seems to soften the landing of the nose gear.  I guess if the throttle is  totally closed the prop is acting like a brake and pulls the nose down once the mains land and create a fulcrum, where as if its making just a tad of power it pushes it up.  Just don't forget to pull the throttle off after you get the nose down.

  Scott 

  Lou Stedman wrote: 
    I need some advice from you Vel flying experts. I have about 12 hrs in my Vel and have yet to master a gentle landing with the nose. I come down final at about 80 kts over the fence and let it settle down to the runway at about 75kts. I do not do a flare. my mains touch down great but then my nose slams down. What am I doing wrong?

    Lou Stedman
    Velocity N7044Q
    Olean, NY
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