Keep it straight first and foremost and less that 1 ft off the ground second.
Hi there,
I have a 6 which I am confident landing very smoothly either on 3 wheels or two. Here is my advice as someone who helped another friend learn to fly his RV safely.
This is what works for me.
Three pointing:
1.) Fly it slowly coming over the numbers. If you have too much speed you will likely balloon when you flare especially at sea level. Not sure where you are.
2.) KEEP it straight at all times even after a botched landing. This is your primary concern as if you keep it straight even after something goes wrong, you are unlikely to hurt either the plane or you. This means being very fast on your feet sometimes. As you come in to land, this should be your primary concern. If you cannot do correct cross wind landings in a taildragger, go practice in an easier taildragger until you can keep it straight even in a strong crosswind.
3.) Keep the nose down. Its easy to let the nose come up as you get close to the runway which is usually a good thing as you get closer to the runway, but don't let it come anywhere near level as you reduce your pitch. You want to avoid coming through level until the final flare at 1 ft.
4.) When you are confident you are about 1 ft off the ground or less, level out and wait for the sink (remember keep it straight!!). You should only be 'thinking' about moving the stick at this point and not physically making big changes.
5.) As it begins to drop from under you, ever so slightly ease back (again keeping it straight all the time!! You only need to think about it..)
6.) KEEP IT STRAIGHT as something touches. Ideally your mains will touch first with your tail low. Whatever happens keep it straight. If you ballon, you were too fast coming in, so go again. If you feel a swing left or right, you were not straight (which I hope you recovered!
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Two Wheel Landings:
1.) Learn what level looks like!! Fly at altitude and learn what level looks like. Get very familiar with how this feels and looks out the window. This is key.
2.) Fly as mentioned above with a little more speed than a three pointer, maybe 3-4 kts more.
3.) Leave on a little power when you get to the runway until you figure this out!!
4.) KEEP IT STRAIGHT. Check your ailerons for level, centre line etc. Basically, insure that you have minimised drift.
5.) Keep the nose down all the way to the runway and flare at about 3 feet, leveling out at 1 ft above the ground. ITS CRITICAL to not flare through level at this point otherwise you are committed to a three pointer. Thats why no.1 helps. The small amount of power here helps also. Now just wait.
6.) This is all about feel and not so much about visual. If the plane bounces onto the runway, you were too high on the flare, so add power and go around. What you want is for it to grease the front wheels or wheel slowly. THE MOMENT something touches, you need to PUSH FORWARD ever so slightly to keep the tail up. Again, keep it straight.
7.) As the plane slows and the tail wants to come down, keep pushing forward to insure the tail drops at the slowest speed possible. When you get really good, you will use brakes to help with this and even add power combined with brakes to keep the tail off, but thats for another day.
Best of luck. This requires lots of practice to get it right. You need excellent eyesight and senses to master this also which is why a friend of mine does not want a taildragger. Remember KEEP IT STRAIGHT regardless of what happens as it will keep you and the airplane safe and the rest is about practice and feel.