flew over the weekend, been working on the takeoff and landing. Getting better, go really slow with the throttle on take off, 1/3 flap, and be ready for allot of rt rudder to hold her straight.
On landing full flap keep reducing throttle on the downwind leg till she fly's slow but stable. After the turn to final go briefly to zero throttle then back up till the plane just sinks. You now have minimum power and have a reference from zero, control the altitude with throttle and use the ele to slow her down. Takes a bit of time to wind the prop down, the key is to fly to the ground but keep energy and power to just what is needed. I have to get better at lifting the flaps on touchdown, this helps to drop the tail without lifting her back off the ground which can happen when you use too much ele too quickly.
On landing full flap keep reducing throttle on the downwind leg till she fly's slow but stable. After the turn to final go briefly to zero throttle then back up till the plane just sinks. You now have minimum power and have a reference from zero, control the altitude with throttle and use the ele to slow her down. Takes a bit of time to wind the prop down, the key is to fly to the ground but keep energy and power to just what is needed. I have to get better at lifting the flaps on touchdown, this helps to drop the tail without lifting her back off the ground which can happen when you use too much ele too quickly.
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