CJ-900 floating tendency
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CJ-900 floating tendency
Holding short of an adjacent runway the other day, we were positioned to see maybe 15-20 a/c land. Variety of regional and mainline types(a320, 737, EMB190/175, CRJ-900) Of these, all managed to put it down nicely at the 1000 footers, except the -900. Of the 6 CRJ-900s, none put mains down at the 1000 footers, and from our perspective, only 3 made mains on by 1500’. Was this day an anomaly or is the CRJ just tougher to land?
What is your tried and tested landing technique for the -900?
What is your tried and tested landing technique for the -900?
#7
Line Holder
Joined APC: Aug 2017
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Sooooo...you’re trained in the 200, but haven’t actually flown it yet?
The floating comes more from trying to bring it down without people’s teeth ending up on the floor. As said previously, you’re chopping the power at 10 feet. They’ll tell you in the sim to chop it at 50, but that’s how you slam it down. The only real way to bring it down on the 1000-footers is if you bring it in with three red on the PAPI....which is against everything you’re trained to do in the 121 world....or if you don’t mind a firm landing. But really, all that matters on a long runway is bringing it down in the TDZ.
The floating comes more from trying to bring it down without people’s teeth ending up on the floor. As said previously, you’re chopping the power at 10 feet. They’ll tell you in the sim to chop it at 50, but that’s how you slam it down. The only real way to bring it down on the 1000-footers is if you bring it in with three red on the PAPI....which is against everything you’re trained to do in the 121 world....or if you don’t mind a firm landing. But really, all that matters on a long runway is bringing it down in the TDZ.
#9
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Joined APC: Mar 2011
Position: 737 FO
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Sooooo...you’re trained in the 200, but haven’t actually flown it yet?
The floating comes more from trying to bring it down without people’s teeth ending up on the floor. As said previously, you’re chopping the power at 10 feet. They’ll tell you in the sim to chop it at 50, but that’s how you slam it down. The only real way to bring it down on the 1000-footers is if you bring it in with three red on the PAPI....which is against everything you’re trained to do in the 121 world....or if you don’t mind a firm landing. But really, all that matters on a long runway is bringing it down in the TDZ.
The floating comes more from trying to bring it down without people’s teeth ending up on the floor. As said previously, you’re chopping the power at 10 feet. They’ll tell you in the sim to chop it at 50, but that’s how you slam it down. The only real way to bring it down on the 1000-footers is if you bring it in with three red on the PAPI....which is against everything you’re trained to do in the 121 world....or if you don’t mind a firm landing. But really, all that matters on a long runway is bringing it down in the TDZ.
#10
Line Holder
Joined APC: Aug 2017
Posts: 41
What’s the secret to it? I start walking the thrust levers to idle at about 30 feet and it makes for a smoother landing, but it still floats on me.
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