Originally Posted by
Duksrule
I have about 10 hours now. I know not much but hey I am working on it. Anyway, I can take off, fly the pattern and almost land just fine. Seems like at the end of my final, things go to hell. I either end up high and fast or low and slow. Seems to be no happy medium. Everything seems to go south at about 200 feet. Anyone have a magic cure that I might try? My instructor is great. I would have already hit me in the head with a hammer. I'm doing my training in a 172.
Thanks
I learned to fly in a 172 as well, and it took me while to get my landings down as well. Once you get into the ground effect you just have to kick that flare in, and let your airspeed bleed off. What flap setting are you using, 20 or 30? I'm sure your instructor is telling you the same thing that we all are telling you, and with only 10 hours your landings arent expected to be a thing of beauty. The nice about learning to fly in a 172 is that you can pound that thing into the ground, and she'll keep on smiling. Practice holding your flare in the ground effect, and when you hear that stall horn go off the mains should be touching the ground. Good luck to you.