Hard Landings

[The Ruptured Duck]

Why does it hurt so much when you land hard?  This is an interesting psycology question that I am asking my self everytime I plant rubber on pavement.  Letting yourself down?  Disapointing your instructor?  Letting the airplane down? (i.e. this machine deserves better).

Anyways, I just thought I would give an update on my flight training.  Getting ready to solo.  Trying to flare later.  Keeping my Speed @65 and my eyes at the end of the runway.
Thats all I'm gonna say.

[beefhole]

I personally am very, very, very good at safe landings. I think that speaks volumes about my flaring ability

It hurts because you just want to get it ****ing right like the other guys you see doing it effortlessly every day. You get this "why can't I do it?" thing going on.  At least that's what it was for me, my landings are only semi-rough now and it doesn't really bother me anymore.

[Brett_Henderson]

Don't worry.. your worst landing ever will come at about 200 hours when you think you're getting really good at it..

[Nexus]

Don't worry.. your worst landing ever will come at about 200 hours when you think you're getting really good at it..

True, oh so true....ouch  :(
When you're beginning to gain too much confidence you become sloppy.
I made my worst landing just weeks ago, and I'm not exactly a PPL student, but it surely looked like it from the tower  ;D    

[Rocket_Bird]

You do the best you can to avoid it... but it happens even to airline pilots.  Thats why they say never be proud of any of your landings, because theres no two landings that will be the same.  

You just have to hold on to the yoke and be "one with the plane."  I normally look at the two edges of the runway straight to the end keeping the centre line in mind.  As I cross the threshold, the two edges should flow down smoothly and once im few feet off the ground, I keep looking forward down the centre line making sure it doesnt sink or climb until the plane slows down enough in which it will softly land.  Conditions always change though, and like I said, no landings are the same.

Don't get hurt by a hard landing.  Your main goal is to survive it, and if it lands a little hard, you will just try harder next time.  It happens to everyone.

[BFMF]

Why does it seem like instructors are almost always there to witness a bad landing, but almost never a good one?

[beaky]

Why does it hurt so much when you land hard?  

I believe it is mostly due to having your spine suddenly compressed to about 1/3 its normal length, but I could be wrong...

Anyways, I just thought I would give an update on my flight training.  Getting ready to solo.  Trying to flare later.  Keeping my Speed @65 and my eyes at the end of the runway.
Thats all I'm gonna say.

Outstanding. I think you'll do fine.

[Mobius]

Trying to flare later.  Keeping my Speed @65 and my eyes at the end of the runway.

Most important parts in my opinion.

[Rocket_Bird]

I believe it is mostly due to having your spine suddenly compressed to about 1/3 its normal length, but I could be wrong...

Lol, outstanding, a very logical reason  ;D

[Sytse]

Most important parts in my opinion.

Well... ofcourse it all depends on what plane you're in  ;D Wouldn't try that in a 747! LOL  :P

Happy (not so rough) landings everybody!

[emmanuel723]

trust me i'm a AP pilot now and when i started my career it was no easy joke. Because of my age some triners don't even take me seriously. Hey what do they expect from a man that got skiped 3 grades anyways as i was saying the landings are hard to get used to i have to do them night and day but now i'm use to airborne and landings


Cheers