REFLECTOR: Gross weights

[Chuck Jensen]

Landing technique:  Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is.

My XLRG has always been a 'plopper'.  Some say those with a speed brake
seems to create a cushion of air under the nose that reduces the
plopping.  Then again, some may have better technique than I...will,
actually most do.

The odd thing is, though the nose always plops on, the couple times I've
had nose wheel shimmy, I've actually been able to lift the nose off
again and hold it off for a go around or to lower it for a second try.
It seems that the canard stalls/plops onto the runway, yet there is
enough elevator lift, when applied immediately, to raise the nose again.
Strange.

Chuck Jensen


> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]
On
> Behalf Of Brian Michalk


> How good are some of  you guys greasing the landings?  Can you land a
V
> without touching the nose gear on the ground?  Or is it a plop it down
> manuever?
> 
> What does the perfect landing look like?