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I also find the 109 is the hardest to land: narrow undercarriage plus a more nose high flare needed than in many other a/c if you want to three point. Also since it is so responsive to throttle and control inputs at low speed it can feel out of control if you start making large adjustments too late.

My method: (flying F2 - Gs may need another 10km/h throughout)

1)Flying in the opposite direction to the landing direction parallel to the runway reduce speed to 300km, prop auto, runway about under the wing trim tab, height 500-700m, too high better than too low.

2) After end of runway appears behind wing, count to 3, throttle to idle then start turn to left, aim is one big semicircle all the way round. Speed will fall off in the turn to 220-200kmh, add tail heavy trim all the way - takes about 40-50 taps

3) Now you are about 30% off the runway line, still with plenty of height so that the runway is visible, 220-200 kmh, drop gear, then set flaps to TAKE OFF. Another ten taps of tail heavy trim. Throttle up to rpm in the 1,500-1,700 range to control rate of descent. Do not let speed drop below 180 km/h until you are over the runway properly lined up.

4) Continue curving descent and then just fly the aeroplane down the runway line gradually levelling out. As you level out speed will drop off quickly - I drop flaps to landing at about 170km/h when I am just a few feet over the runway and properly lined up. These things are more of an airbrake really and make direction changes much harder to control: actually you can land perfectly well with only the take off setting. Try it.

4) You will either flare out and three point or do a little bounce and roll on the front wheels depending on your height. Either way, throttle to idle, stick fully back. Short stabs on brakes are OK one everything is on terrafirma.


In summary it looks like a carrier landing with a turn and steep approach to keep the airstrip in view but instead of plonking it down at the end with a constant rate of descent you fly along the runway bleeding speed until you stall.

I admit I still occasionally mess up a 109 landing: but If I follow my own rules this is very rare now.

Hope this helps!

PS I have made tracks of this but I cannot get them small enough to fit the zipfile limits on this site even chopping the landing into bits - sorry.