passed Commercial checkride yesterday!

On Jun 15, 6:15 am, xyzzy wrote:
On Jun 14, 1:42 pm, "gatt" wrote:



"xyzzy" wrote in message

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On Jun 14, 12:34 pm, "gatt" wrote:

In a 182--he says--rear pax can feel like their asses are dragging the
ashpalt if you hold the nose too high in the flare whereas in the Arrow it's
not so bad, but it's much more difficult to keep the nose wheel off without
bouncing.

Well, Cessnas do all seem to flare at a higher deck angle than
pipers. I've been in the backseat of a 172 that was being landed in a
crosswind by a commercial pilot, and I can understand exactly what he
means. Pipers do land more airliner-like IMO.

Must be that high wing low wing thing. A lot of the Cessnas I fly
have the front gear shock pumped right up so you have to be quite nose
high when you flare to avoid a 3 pointer or a nose wheel bounce.
Agree about Pipers though, with them its more a matter of getting into
ground effect and letting it settle in its own time.