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Document No.: S2006FTSUS Revision: -
Date of Issue: 15/01/2006
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direction of the landing roll may then be controlled by the nose wheel
steering. Apply the wheel brakes to shorten the landing roll distance.
4.15.2 Braked Landing Run
Avoid unintentional braking during touchdown (do not place tip toes on the
toe-brake pedals at touchdown).
You can start braking to shorten the landing roll distance after the nose
wheel touches down on the ground. The intensity of the braking depends
on the pressure that you apply to the toe-brake pedals with the tip toes. If a
very short landing roll is required then start applying the brakes
immediately after touchdown, the nose wheel in this case will touch down
and its steering due to higher speed is more sensitive, therefore use
smaller deflections of the rudder control pedals to maintain the required
direction on the runway.
4.15.3 Downwind
Landing
The basic difference between a downwind landing and a normal landing,
which is executed up wind, is that a larger distance of runway will be
required in a downwind landing. This should be taken into consideration
when planning a downwind landing.
Another difference is the recommended flap setting. While the Landing
position 1 (30 degrees) is recommended for normal upwind landings or
extending them fully to Landing position 2 (50 degrees) when a short field
landing is required (a higher rate of descent and a faster roundout), then for
downwind landings we recommend to extend the flaps only to the Takeoff
position (15 degrees) or leave them retracted.
You will have a higher ground speed when landing downwind and this must
be considered when choosing a runway. Landing with a high ground speed
on a bumpy grass runway is less comfortable and the stress on the landing
gear is higher than when landing on a flat concrete runway.
If the airplane slightly bounces after touchdown then do not push the
control stick forward to try to bring the airplane back to the runway, but
move the stick slightly forward and then gradually pull it back to repeat the
touchdown. If the airplane bounces too much it is possible to add power ,
repeat the circuit pattern and landing.
