R.C.Harrison wrote:
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>Hi! Jeff.
>Yes, firstly read the Pilots Handbook and really digest it.
>Be sure to get your speed controlled and the aircraft trimmed as
>recommended for full flaps and correct before you turn on BASE.
>Use the control stick as if it were a one way ratchet, don't relax the
>control stick pressure what so ever and at the end of the flare try to
>fly about 12" above the runway with your elbow rammed tight to the
>cockpit side looking ahead (not sideways)to get the attitude of the
>aircraft into your head.
>In the event of a small bounce snatch the stick right back.
>In the event of a large bounce "open the taps" full and go round off the
>top of the bounce not forgetting to retract the flaps on climb out.(You
>will not correct a big bounce unless the runway is about a mile long !)
>Don't try a dead stick landing until you have grasped landings with
>coordinated use of engine throttle.
>Regards
>Bob Harrison G-PTAG Europa MKI /Jabiru 3300
>PS. Now listen to all the long hour guys telling you how!
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Bob,
Thanks for the great information. How would you compare the Europa
landing characteristics to the light Cessnas, like the 152?
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Jeff - A055
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