[HN Gopher] The unofficial way to land a Gulfstream G280
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       The unofficial way to land a Gulfstream G280
        
       Author : EricButton
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2021-09-19 18:09 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | S_A_P wrote:
       | So it sounds like this technique would work for any aircraft with
       | the rear landing gear aft of the center of lift? Or is this the
       | g280 special for some other reason?
        
       | EricButton wrote:
       | "But for the Gulfstream 280 there's a little-known technique that
       | will enable the pilot to land smoothly with frightening
       | consistency. The technique: moments before touchdown, the pilot
       | pushes the control yoke forward, essentially flying the plane
       | into the ground. To be clear, it is less of a "push" and more of
       | a tiny application of forward pressure on the controls..."
        
       | captainredbeard wrote:
       | Seems like a bad habit to develop, IMO
        
         | grepfru_it wrote:
         | horrible, especially since reducing thrust creates the same
         | tendency as pitching the nose down... so just do what every
         | pilot is trained to do reduce throttle into the flare and use
         | nose up inputs to fine tune the landing
         | 
         | EDIT: there are times you want to nose down into a landing and
         | thats typically in short field landings, but you are probably
         | never doing that in gulfstream
        
       | rdtwo wrote:
       | Yeah but If you goof you make nose contact first and you have a
       | really bad day
        
       | FridayoLeary wrote:
       | Do pilots actually read this and think "that's a good idea, let
       | me try that next time"?
        
         | HappyJoy wrote:
         | No
        
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