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I'm a new student learning with a DA-20. Got most things mastered
except for the landings...most important, no? haha
Seems that most of my landings and I have only tried 9 times thus far
are not very well executed. My CFI sez that I am doing two things
wrong:
1) I am flaring too late.
2) When I flair, I am not quick enough on the stick.

I was thinking about the whole thing and have theroized that my CFI is
only telling me to flare when he is sure I am not going to do it on my
own and he wishes to remain alive. And here I am waiting for him to
tell me when to pull back. It seems that this combination might result
in a late action everytime. We need to discuss this next trip out.

When it appears that I am at the correct height, I pull back on the
stick and end up in a float, then I sense the fall and pull back one
again ending in a bounce or otherwise non-perfect result.

I will return to my CFI for more advice when I get another chance to
bang up the leased-back airplane, but in the mean time...anyone out
there have any advice on landing this thing perfectly??

Thanks in advance!


If you float then you are too fast. I assume that you are at exactly the
same speed each time on final? Eventually you will be able to make
reasonably good landings from different speeds and descent paths but, in the
beginning, try to minimize the variables.

Mike
MU-2