Landing Tips DA 20

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Re: Landing Tips DA 20

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Diamond13 wrote:Your safest, and best numbers that will give you a "PASS" on your ride, are in the book. Trust me, I helped write it and have been flying the C1 since before it was Type Certified. Have a 'sit-down' with your instructor and the POH (Pilots Operating Handbook) and go over the numbers together, and tell him you would like to try those numbers, it's your money! D13
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Hey Cowboy. Thanks Jeff, if I can, when I can, I will. Talk to you soon, Cheers...R
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I've got about 500 hours in DA20's, and I don't grease every landing, so I wouldn't fret too much about that. Your instructor is probably trying to make sure you don't fail your checkride. If you approach too slowly, and the DE thinks you may stall it, that's most likely an instant fail.

I shoot for 65 on final, and 60 over the numbers. If I want a short field landing, I subtract 5 knots. If it is gusty, I add 5 knots.
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Happy to see this discussion as I'm struggling with landings too. 55 KIAS sounds good.. I will try it. My CFI also recommended we try it. But I then thought - what about the power setting? Do you have to add power? One of the other posts on this thread said you may need as much as 2100 RPM. My CFI likes to cut to idle. Which is best for a 18 hour student? Definitely worried about sinking too fast when I level off.
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While making a normal landing, come it at 60-65kts and level-off a few feet off the ground, pull the power and relax into ground effect. Don't fret about my 2100 RPM comment, that was just to ARREST a high sink rate.
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That's what I struggle with.. knowing when I'm a few feet off the ground. I'm so focused in front I forget to look out the side.
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I have 500 hours in my (ex) C1.

Turning final at 65 kts, reducing to 60 kts on final and then 55 kts on short final worked fine for me.

If there was a gusty wind I added about 1/2 of the gust factor.

Teaching you to land hot rather than using book or close to book numbers is doing you a disservice.

I suggest that you go over the CFI's head if you can't get him to make the adjustment.

Regarding the MT prop, which I purchased and had installed on my C1, I am unaware of any reversion to the lower MTOW when it is in use.

Could the MT verbiage suggest that no ADDITIONAL weight is granted above and beyond the already increased amount?

If anyone here has an MT and believes that their MTOW must revert to the lower number and finds that to be undesireable, a Sensenich prop can be easily found and installed.
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I stick to 65 kts until over the threshold unless I'm doing a short field landing, then it's 55.
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