Final; Landing - Sirius Satellite Radio TL-3000 Pilot Operating Handbook

Pilot Operating Handbook
TL-3000 Sirius____________________________________Supplementary Information
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The pilot is the final and only responsible party for the safe operation of this aircraft.

FINAL

Complete the final landing checklist; maintain the proper glide path, and
allow the speed to stabilize at 55Kts on short final. Any flap setting
including the full UP position may be used for landing. Setting the flaps
to Full will increase your decent rate even though you have slowed to the
final approach airspeed. So the VVI will display about 650fpm +/- to
indicate a stabilized approach. If necessary make any last minute
SMALL (1/8" of throttle movement) power changes to allow for wind gusts
or deviations from the proper glide path.
The most important point is to be STABILIZED on the approach as far out
as possible, while keeping your landing point (aiming point) in the same
reference area of the windscreen. Initially the pitch attitude to the landing
point may seem steep and yet you don‟t „feel‟ you are descending fast
enough. . As you reach the runway environ and below 200 ft, the decent
rate will be discernable and may even appear to be too steep. This is a
normal sensory reaction without a large instrument panel in your way the
view needs to be learned by repetition. Raise the nose to stop the
descent rate as you near the runway surface.
Small throttle movements will generate large increases in speed and may
cause you to over-shoot the glide path or the 65Kt extended flap limit.
(Remember exceeding any aircraft limit cancels a check ride immediately
and is not kind to your aircraft.) Abrupt throttle control will also prevent a
stabilized approach which is the primary key to any good landing.

LANDING

While close into your aiming point and into the area of 'ground effect',
simply stop your decent just above the runway and start the landing flare.
Attempt to touch down at your intended landing point with little or no
vertical descent rate. Keep your focus straight ahead at the far end of the
runway and allow the nose to rise as the speed decays.
The aiming point will pass underneath while you are working at holding
the nose wheel off the runway. This is normal and don‟t worry about it.
Spot landing will come later and be much more accurate if you continue
to train to use the stabilized approach and a non-moving aim point.
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