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Old 09-08-2019, 7:23pm   #2
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He pulled it off, I know guys with Commercial Tickets that fly worse than him.


Landing a Cessna is pretty easy.

Downwind leg, 2000 RPM, you can introduce 10 degrees of flaps here if you wish, just correct with a some nose down trim. (Plane will want to climb, you have increased the surface area of the wing )

At 45 degrees from the numbers, 1700 RPM, establish the Base Leg. On the base, you can introduce 20 degrees of flaps if you wish. Again, nose down trim for the ballooning effect.

Base to final, it's all sight picture and feeling. (Utilize the VASI/PAPI if available) Start reducing throttle...Power for altitude, Pitch for airspeed. Introduce your last notch, or notches of flaps (30 or 40 degrees depending on the model). Again, power for altitude, pitch for airspeed.

Keep the airplane at about 70 knots on final. Controls will feel a bit sloppier and "mushy" at lower speeds and full flap configuration. Subtle corrections are all that is needed.

Chop power above the threshold. Keep the nose on Center Line with your Rudder Pedals. Flair. Voila. When you get really good at it, you don't even bother with the standard procedure bullcrap, you just fly the plane.

It's a little more complicated than that, but not really. Hats off to the guy though for not knowing shit and pulling it off.
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