Take-off and landing, clam

[mikeglaz]

I am in the LaGG-3 and am learning how to take-off and land.  What should my altitude be during the entire loop and what should be my airspeed when I start my approach.  Should I be decreasing my throttle constantly during the approach?  If so how much?  And when do I start my approach - once I'm parallel to the runway?  The problem I'm having is that as I touch down my plane bounces and keeps bouncing.  What do I do to mitigate that?

[Sokol1]

[mikeglaz]

I don't think he mentions what your altitude should be for a given distance from the runway...

[coconut]

I don't think he mentions what your altitude should be for a given distance from the runway...

 

It's not all that relevant. What matters is your attitude (how high is your nose above the horizon when you touch down), approach angle and vertical speed. If you approach with flaps out (say 75%) with an airspeed of 200kph, you should be fine. It's usually safer to be a bit too low, simply increase throttle until you catch the glide slope again. If you are too high and it's too late to correct it, just go around and make another attempt.

[Dakpilot]

Try and fly circuits 1000ft (330M) above runway height, commencing decent at 45 degrees to runway when turning crosswind leg (more relevant than distance) this will give the 'picture' of what you need to see through the windscreen

 

http://www.ppl-flight-training.com/circuits-briefing.html    although for GA this is still relevant in may basic points

 

Trimming for hands off flight through the procedure until just before flare is important, also consider that throttle controls height/descent rate and stick controls speed. Stable controlled approach = stable controlled Landing

 

When circuits have been mastered, that knowledge, info and 'picture' of what it should look like can be transferred to straight in approaches and more advanced 'combat circuits'

 

Cheers Dakpilot

Edited December 9, 2015 by Dakpilot