Wheel Landings
(video above)
A few things to remember about wheel landings:
- Level or just slight nose up attitude at touchdown (but really mostly level)
- Better visibility over the nose and more control authority
- Higher groundspeed at touchdown
- Arrest the descent with a little bump of power for the last 6″-2 feet of descent (minimize “flaring” with the stick or yoke)
- Resist the urge to “push” the airplane onto the ground (using forward stick or yoke)
- Easiest to do as a stable power on approach (most airplanes use about 1,400-1,700 rpm happily to make a stable approach for wheel landings)
- If you bounce GO AROUND
Three-Point Landings
(video below)
A few things to remember about 3-point landings:
- Slower groundspeed at touchdown
- Reduced visibility over the nose
- Less control authority (due to higher AOA and less airflow over controls)
- Bring the airplane down into ground effect and then flare very similar to a regular nosewheel aircraft (may be a more “familiar” flare and roundout if you are used to flying tricycle gear airplanes)
- Resist the urge to “push” the airplane onto the ground (using forward stick or yoke)
- Resist the urge to over flare and possibly “balloon”
- If you bounce GO AROUND