has slowed down to a safer speed. By maintaining back pressure on the yoke, you can hold the nose off until you’ ve reached that safer speed, and your nose wheel will thank you.
You also want to be very gentle on the brakes. On many soft field landings, because of the soft surface, you don’ t need to use brakes at all. If you’ re too aggressive on the brakes, your nose wheel tends to touchdown earlier and harder than you want.
get comfortable with them. Here are some of the more common problems you’ ll want to consider before you head out to the airplane to start practicing them:
Too fast of a descent rate, causing a hard touchdown Too much airspeed, causing excessive float Unstabilized approach, making it hard to touchdown smoothly Allowing the nose wheel to touchdown early, causing excessive stress on the nose wheel Putting It All Together Now that you have all the details you need to nail a soft-field landing, we have one last question: when are you heading out to the airport to practice?
Once you’ ve touched the nose down, you’ ll want to maintain back pressure( typically full back pressure) as you continue your rollout and taxi, minimizing weight on the nose. Keep the back pressure in until you’ ve reached a harder surface, or when you’ ve stopped to park.
Then, when you’ re parked, take a moment to pat yourself on the back for a job well done on your soft field landing.
Common Problems With Soft Field Landings Soft field landings can take some practice before you