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28.04.2020
Landing Advice


In response to this:
https://ozreport.com/24.85#0, JD writes:


This method works great and made a big difference for me, but
there a couple key points that will help.


First, you can't feel the feed back if you are holding onto the down tube too
tight. I see many people "climb" the down tubes to get their bodies more
vertical. If you're doing this you can't feel the trim speed. Many of the pilots
that do this complain that their pod harnesses with single point back plate
doesn't allow them to get vertical enough, so they climb up the tubes. Stop
that. You don't need to do this. I have seen pilots make a full flare landing
with their hands on the base bar.


First, at altitude, unzip and get your harness into landing configuration and
let the glider find trim speed. Let your body find its own angle as you hang
there in the leg loops and your feet out of the harness below you. Now slide
your palms up and down the down tubes (without climbing the tubes) and find the
place where your elbows have the max bend. This will be the "home" position of
your hands that will give you maximum arm range to flare. It will likely be
about the same height as your ears.


Now as you come in for final approach with plenty of speed. Stay on the base bar
in ground effect until most of the base bar pressure is gone (you can also do
one hand on the down tube and one on base bar too). Transition one hand to the
home position and then the other. Don't do this too soon or you balloon up. Now
with your open hands "cupping" the down tubes, you will be holding back pressure
with your fingers as the glider approaches trim speed. As soon as this back
pressure is gone and the pressure transitions to your thumbs and the glider
pushing back, flare!


Seriously, you will actually feel the pressure you're holding back with your
fingers diminish to zero, the down tubes will move from your fingers to your
thumb and start to push back.


Another mistake I see happen (and I did this for years) is push out to flare
with my arms extending perpendicular to my body. Don't do that. Flare
by moving your arms up over your head in line your body. Think of the signal for
a football touch down.


And finally (and I did this too) don't look down at the ground beneath your
feet. The ground rush will convince you are still going too fast. Instead look
up at the horizon, or at least a couple hundred feet in front of you.


When I was trying to break both these habits I say out loud on final "Heads up,
Hands up," and I still do because it's easy to revert back to bad habits so
ingrained from doing it wrong.


I hope this works for you as it did for me. I used to dread landing, now I enjoy
it.



https://OzReport.com/1588077729
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