Sampling the Response: Perfecting Your Landings

Here is a practical technique used by experienced pilots to help them make consistently smooth landings. Known as "Sampling the Response," this technique allows pilots to precisely control the airplane’s rate of closure with the runway, thereby minimizing the chance of over- or under-flaring the airplane. It's an excellent technique for students and experienced pilots, assuming it's done correctly. This video is excerpted from my upcoming eLearning course on "Mastering Takeoffs and Landings."
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[@z120p]

Just tried this with a student having issues with determining the correct amount of back pressure to apply and tending to balloon. It helped enormously and his next landing was near perfect

[@Flight-Instructor]

Thank you, z120p: I've used this technique for decades and it's worked well for many students. Best, Rod

[@herestoyou4562]

best landing video on youtube thank you so much

[@NatapixAS]

1:52 XD IM DYING!!! lol, this is why I love you machado!

[@Flight-Instructor]

Thank you, Natapix. :)

[@n70199]

This is a sophisticated discourse on a landing technique that many good pilots just figure out because few instructors ever articulate it like you. Nice. I especially like your comment at the end about short field landings when operating on the back side of the power curve. You are so correct about that. I use the “fishing” method to work my way down the last few inches of height above ground for especially smooth landings.

[@DLow302]

It’s back!!!! Thanks Rod

[@ericlawrence9729]

Great video and artfully presented by a Master Class CFI. Thanks for your artistic dedication to the art of flying. God bless.

[@Pilot_Jack_]

Love the videos. CFI from Portland area and I use Rod's channel for all of my students!

[@jakew9887]

Great presentation. Thanks

[@matthewrammig]

This makes sense in a calm wind where I can think about it. The problem is, I’m having is a 7 knot cross wind distorting my senses while I’m trying to assimilate to these nuances.

[@user-mf2cm7mt2r]

Great method! How do examiners react when they see this method during a checkup?

[@michaelhoffmann2891]

I wish a course like this existed for non-US training regimes. Ours seems stuck in the last century. 😒As stuck as the long-announced international harmonisation of the Australian system to Europe or the US.

[@tonyheper]

Desired pitch attitude on flaring? WHAT IS THIS.....DESIRED PITCH ATTITUDE?

[@gmcjetpilot]

Been doing this for decades and did not know it had a name. I try for one smooth continuous flare (up elevator), but bracketing input can be a handy technique to feel effectiveness of elevator.

[@orlandospencer]

Rod, how is it that whenever I feel I understand something about flying perfectly, you come along with And even better understanding of that thing? Once again you’ve done it.

[@Flight-Instructor]

Thank you, Orlando. I sure do appreciate the comment. Best, Rod

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[@louishung4309]

Your videos are the best material for who desires to be better pilot. Fantastic!

[@mostafasayed5671]

Simply your voice remember me with fsx and fs9 and also you are like a first bright light for a blind person when he get his eyes again this thing happend to me lovely filed opend to me with good teacher, an good and expert teacher and funny simplstee of hard and insane scinces of avation like when you talk about stall you said (it is like kung fu movies) so funny and after ten years since first time i played fs9 and two years later fsx now it is an honor to me to think you and also say happy new year and i realy want to be your student

[@angeloschilimindris1675]

Rod thank you so much for these videos!!! When should the throttle be pulled back to idle during the flare?

[@Flight-Instructor]

Greetings Angelos: The power should be pulled back to idle during the flare as long as power isn't necessary to correct for a botched flare. Best, Rod

[@ladypilotcessna1724]

Plz tell us the correct way to land Cessna with 20 ‘ 40 degree and flapless landings 😍😍

[@Flight-Instructor]

Are you a student or a private pilot. Let me know and I'm happy to offer my opinion. Best, Rod

[@ladypilotcessna1724]

Thank u so much to consider my comment . I’m doing FITC and Becoming a flight instructor. it’s very hard for me to tell a student clearly how to land smoothly with a stall horn with 20’ 40 and flapless configurations.

[@commentatron]

@@ladypilotcessna1724 Sorry for the delay. To answer your question ()... sorry, could you hold on for another three years, it's my pager going off.

[@remf4519]

Rod you are the best. apeoaxh until the runway splays before you, round out paralell to tge runway, if she floats - leave it - if she sinks, slight back pressure to stop the sink....sinks...back..baxk..back....bump go the mainwheels, hokd it do nothing....then the nose wheel will land.....as speed reduces maintain slight back pressure keeping pressire odf the off tge nose wheel....and alao when braking...dont forget to brake....slow..to a fast walking pace .....taxi in.

[@Flight-Instructor]

Thank you, REMF!

[@thomasfest3869]

1:45 into the video at the scheme showing... I learned "correcting for the correction is not going to work out". Correcting for the correction will just need bigger and bigger input, and that WILL end in a baaad way.

[@Flight-Instructor]

I have no idea what "correcting for the correction" means. Care to explain? Thanks, Rod

[@thomasfest3869]

@@Flight-Instructor When correction too much on a decent down glidepath, and then try to correct that - it is easy to oscilate "your self" into "correcting for correction". Kind of the sinus wave gets bigger and bigger. Hope it make sence.

[@Flight-Instructor]

@@thomasfest3869 Greetings Thomas: Yes, your comment makes sense but it's incorrect. The green line which represents the slight forward and aft motions of the yoke is indeed sinusoidal, but the amplitude never increases. If the amplitude increases then you've done this technique incorrectly, which might ultimately lead to a porpoising airplane. That said, anyone can ruin a landing flare. This technique makes this less likely to happen. Just watch the numerous KZbin videos of people landing where the yoke is visible. Pilots are always adjusting the yoke slightly during the flare, and this includes you, whether or not you've even noticed your behavior in this area. The slight "purposeful and intentional" movements of my technique make it less likely that a pilot will need to make a large displacement of the yoke to maintain the proper pitch to flare.