I would appreciate hearing of your experience with regard to the approach, the level off, rpm used, airspeed, trim and touchdown approach. When you feel the ground, keep right on pressing forward on the stick so as to hold the ship on.". I have read the "Stick and Rudder" commentary on wheel landings and Wolfgang suggests " when the spot arrives where you want to make ground contact, simply push over forward and plaster the front wheels on. It seems that I need a micrometer adjustment on the throttle since I must be dropping it back a bit too much just before ground contact. A bounce will occur at this point and I am not sure why. Upon ground contact I apply some forward stick pressure to hold the ship on while I cut the throttle. As the runway looms up I have been increasing the rpm to around 1400 which allows me to level off a few feet about the runway, then I attempt to drop the rpm and search for the ground. My experience has been making the gliding approach at 70 mph with about 1200 rpm and with the trim set half way between cruise and full noise-up. I am in need of some input on wheel landing techniques for an L16A with an 85 hp Continental engine.
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