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230 hard to land? I thought it was one of the easiest of the Jabs to land. Keep the weight off the nosewheel all the time. Am I missing something? Nev

 

 

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I agree with that. They need to operate off a short strip for a while, and they would change their style. (or run through the far fence). Unless there are obstacles, your mains should touch down within 150-200 meters of the threshold and the nosewheel should be off the ground when you do. Nev.

 

 

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Bitumen sure grabs the nose wheel if you are too fast with not enough stick back.

 

Full back trim for landings seem to help.

 

 

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The ones I've flown, full back trim does not cancel out the back stick force, so that could be a factor. Coming in with excess speed is a (bad) habit you can acquire through laziness. You don't have to put in as much effort as when pinning it at the correct speed. Don't forget the speed varies a lot with your landing weight. Correct tor it and you won't float as far If your engine idle speed is too high it floats too far as well. Nev

 

 

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The ones I've flown, full back trim does not cancel out the back stick force, so that could be a factor. Coming in with excess speed is a (bad) habit you can acquire through laziness. You don't have to put in as much effort as when pinning it at the correct speed. Don't forget the speed varies a lot with your landing weight. Correct tor it and you won't float as far If your engine idle speed is too high it floats too far as well. Nev

Agree. Placing 20kg drum of water or 20kg bag of wheat rearwards will help to get the trim 'centered' and so it actually will trim out for a 60kt approach. C182's are notable for this lack of trim power when empty. For conversion training, I usually place 40kg in the baggage compartment and that gets things under control.

 

We could begin to talk about flying on the' back' side of the drag/power curve - only for more experienced pilots - but this sorts out the too fast landings.

 

happy days,

 

 

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On the step approaches are the answer in many types, but from an ab initio point of view probably not a 'standard' approach technique. And certainly not with a jab engine 097_peep_wall.gif.dcfd1acb5887de1394272f1b8f0811df.gif

 

 

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When you get the hang of it, you can do touch and goes in a 230 without the nose wheel touching the deck.

 

 

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No change to what was posted in post #1 of this thread??Mike

Sorry about that, scrolled to the top of the page looking for an ATSB report but forgot I was on Page 2.

 

 

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