Not every landing is a greaser - especially in the Piper Comanche - Bouncy Bounce at Gulf Shore KJKA

Hold it off! Good illustration of what happens when you land flat and nose wheel first. A bit of bounce, bounce, baby until the laminar flow wing decides it's done. If the bounce had been any higher or there was strong side drift and prompt go-around would be warranted!
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[@Krisandnatdex]

I started using only 2 notches of flaps landing my Comanche. 85MPH over the fence and sets on the ground much better. With 3 notches I need to be much slower for it to flare properly to not risk the nosewheel touching first. Only 2 notches was a game changer for me! Love the Comanche and love your videos, thanks for sharing!

[@planeplaces]

Thanks! Love the Comanche too! After making this video my father also suggested trying 2/3rds flaps for most landings and as you said a much easier to get a good flare and not a huge impact on roll out. Adjusting full flap speed based on landing weight has also helped a lot.

[@MrSmddmd]

Love the video, nice when someone is willing to take the time and post. Comanche is nice plane, my favorite actually. I try and make every landing my best, No flap, some or all, it's the same, hold it off about 2 inches until it is stalling, yoke and trim full aft (about) and suddenly you are on the ground.

[@planeplaces]

Thanks. The Comanche is a challenging one to land consistently

[@MrSmddmd]

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[@denniscarleton]

Looks like all of my landings in the Comanche.

[@planeplaces]

They've been getting better! Most of the time ... Great airplane.

[@go737]

You touched high energy,low speed needed

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[@planeplaces]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@DragonTheGuy_official]

A littel bit bouncy landing

[@planeplaces]

Yes, hence the title. The nose wheel touches down first which is the main cause and something you try to avoid

[@DragonTheGuy_official]

@@planeplaces maybe u could flare more before u land just a suggetsion

[@stevel4997]

@@DragonTheGuy_official He's obviously a newbie.

[@planeplaces]

To the Comanche yes

[@MIKETEIXEIRA]

Is the camera making mains look like they are cambered in ?

[@planeplaces]

Yes, it's a bit of a camera effect

[@michaelheely]

i am not an expert but i wonder why you drop one stage of flaps short before the threshold. i would do this way earlier and more flaps so i have a constant steady approach and not changing stuff before touchdown. felt a bit like a speedy landing and i wonder why since every knot too much at landing raises the risk of damage and crash. but a nice video and informative as i fly the 250s in flight simulation.

[@planeplaces]

It's very typical in light planes to have 3 flap settings and add 1/3 at a time on downwind, base, and final. Perhaps counter-intuitively, this allows for a progressive decelleration at a fairly constant power setting and 3 degree glide slope. Comanche 1.3 VSO reference speed for full flap final is 83mph. It was a bit fast at 50' but touchdown was at 70mph. The main issue with this landing was the nose wheel touching first. Being slow in a landing is much more dangerous than being a bit fast - you can always bleed speed in the flair given sufficient runway available. Airspeed gives you margin against wind gusts and a loss of power - as does waiting to add full flaps (and drag) until the landing is fairly assured.

[@ra2186]

Agreed. Didn't really give the plane any time to settle in the new config.

[@michaelheely]

@@planeplaces totally agree with being to slow is way more dangerous. For myself I found it better to have everything setup before threshold and not change the flight behaviour (changing flaps) short before touchdown. But again I talk about flightsim and not real world :) thx for answering :)