A few tips to remember about good landings:
- Set your landing attitude early, and know what a proper landing attitude looks like (your instructor will explain this on your first takeoff)
- Maintain the appropriate approach speed, do not get slow or fast
- Using a little power (no more than 1,500rpm typically) through the landing will help the landing sequence happen a little slower and buy you some time to manage your flare as you descend to the water
- SET AN ABORT POINT AND STICK TO IT
- If you’re not on the water by a safe point you have selected (the first half of the lake or earlier) then go around and try again, or find a “bigger” body of water. Bigger is a relative term because there are a lot of things that can make a lake “bigger”. Some of these factors are:
- Headwind component may be more at one lake than at another
- Elevation
- Obstacles (approaching a lake without obstacles you can come in lower and not leave water behind you before touchdown)
- Texture (glassy water increases friction on the floats or hull)
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