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Atlasemiel
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Remmoore
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A high percentage of poor landings. There was obviously not much wind, and I wonder if this is a high-altitude LZ. It seemed like the best landings were mainly from pilots who were already well upright at the beginning of final approach, and not messing around with hand positioning late in the approach. Drogue chutes didn't seem to help much - although I know they can in general.

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I can do a decent landing, on both the Rigid, and Rag-wings
when i need to ; problem for me is i never know how tight
the interface between my real and fake leg will be, until
i actually stand on it. Sometimes after a few hours of flying
the leg will bottom out in the prosthetic ; it's bone against carbon, and
it is quite painful to even stand, without an adjustment ! :(
It's the reason i never jump over 5-8-feet, on a kiteboard ; but
i could go up 30' anytime i wanted.

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Post by Mike B »

Remmoore wrote:A high percentage of poor landings. There was obviously not much wind, and I wonder if this is a high-altitude LZ. It seemed like the best landings were mainly from pilots who were already well upright at the beginning of final approach, and not messing around with hand positioning late in the approach. Drogue chutes didn't seem to help much - although I know they can in general.

RM
They wont help you land any better, drag chutes dont change stall speed. Just increases drag and gets you on the ground faster and shortens ground skim.
They have almost no effect near trim speed.
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A high percentage of poor landings.
I too was surprised, high end gliders and half a…s landings.
I wonder what comp level would this be.
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Post by Joel »

Interesting video. Nice to know that I'm not the only one with 'less than perfect' landing skills! Lots of landing chutes. Are they common for comp pilots? I almost never see them used at the flying sites I frequent. One guy seemed to have his all tangled up in his rear wires... It looked like another guy successfully flared from his base tube, he must have long arms. I need to have my hands way up the dtubes @flare to do a decent light-wind landing.
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Lots of landing chutes. Are they common for comp pilots?
More a Europe thing than a comp thing. Almost never see them at a US comp.
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Well most of them have had a 3-4 hour flight before landing. So fatigue could be an issue. It was also not a very big landing field but big enough to land without a drogue Shute
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