On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 06:20:44 GMT, "Hilton"
wrote:

jsmith wrote:
Two things to reduce "float" on landing...
1.) slow down
2.) after roundout, take out one notch of flaps while pulling the yoke
back to maintain pitch attitude.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no... Sorry, the complex CFI in me just kicked
in.

I think the AirSafety foundation might have a few comments about
taking out flaps before getting the wheels down:-))

There is one fool proof way to reduce, or eliminate float. Fly the
proper airspeed! :-)) "and the proper angle" for the type of landing.

Even in the old Johnson Bar flap Cherokee 180s you took the flaps out
*after* the wheels were down.

Taking flaps out while low and slow above the runway is a really good
way to break something.

I saw six guys in a Cherokee 6 come in on a spot landing contest at
HTL some years back. They dumped the flaps over the tape, but
unfortunately they were a couple a feet up. It was a terrible sound.
Yes, it definitely eliminated float. The FBO wanted to look at the
plane before they left. (They really did hit hard enough there was
some discussion as to whether it might have done something
undesirable)

Remember they did this with all 6 seats full. Had it been the pilot
alone it wouldn't have been quite so rough, but still unadvisable.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Hilton