Going by your video, it looks like you were a bit too high and hot, and extended gear/flaps a bit too late. I've spent the last year or so showing some friends how to play, and the #1 cause of landing crashes I noticed was that they weren't giving themselves enough time/distance to set up a landing. I like to have everything ready (runway lined up, flaps down, gear out, trimmed etc) a good 30 secs before I expect to touch the runway, and only make minor corrections in those 30 seconds.
I threw together a little video of me putting the Mosquito down - I'm sure there's plenty of mistakes in there somewhere that a more regular Mossie flyer will correct me on, but the key is to be ready to land long before you do (for any plane really). I was also a little too twitchy on the throttle and touched down sooner than I expected, because I've been flying the P-36 a lot lately and wasn't used to the high landing speed and sitting so far above the ground.
I also noticed that it's a lot easier if you have the gunsight up to give you a reference as to where your nose is pointed. Otherwise you tend to guesstimate a lot.
08-22-2013, 08:19 AM
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