Bill wrote:
"I ain't ever seen a "pretty" 3 pointer in a nosewheel airplane."
Lorn H. Olsen makes a nice landing in his video recently reported in lml message #34205. I've repeatedly reviewed it and find not a hint of flare. It resembles most of my landings except that I consistently enter approach from a higher pattern altitude of 1500 feet as instructed by Don Goetz. Please find that video at:
I wonder, Bill, if you regularly fly with an aft cg?
I'm not suggesting that it is aft by design or error but rather, that you may be loading it aft with luggage, flight bag and materials, etc.
I've flown 5 different Lancair 200 and 300 series aircraft and none of them behaved any differently than does mine on landing, i.e., no flare. While I have only 425 hours and 1300 landings in type, I have another 900+ hours and 3000 landings in other aircraft and in all other aircraft types, I have used considerable flare on landing. I know that you will suggest that my landing techniques need improvement and, indeed, I agree! I will always strive to improve landings but most of them are, and have been, quite good. Several landings have been in severe perpendicular, gusting crosswind conditions with winds in excess of 30 mph which is nearly twice the LNC2 stipulated crosswind component. Greg Nelson