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How to Make a Perfect Soft Field Landing Every Time

Pilot Institute

Going into a checkride (or a grass strip) without solid soft field skills is asking for trouble. This tendency is due to their high center of gravity and heavy engine over the nose wheel. The sudden loss of lift can cause the wheels to dig into the ground. Soft field landings are widely misunderstood. Well, not exactly.

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