How to Avoid Porpoising and Land Safely

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This week, watch as Wayne and Jean go up in some gusty weather to demonstrate a safe landing. The team does some laps in the pattern taking turns landing, followed by a talk about what porpoising is and how to avoid it, and finished off with some commentary in sim student landings. Stick around for a fun and educational video!

[sid]

Enjoyed the pointers and great demonstrations! Thanks

[stanvandermerwe]

great video, I was taught when flaring, once you take it, never give it back.

[ryancrazy]

the thing i've had the most trouble getting used to is the difference in yaw control between the nose gear and the rudder. If you are going down the runway with your nose down it takes a completely idfferent amount of rudder than if your nosewheel is off and you rely on the rudder to keep centerline. Not much of an issue on a smooth runway where you can keep the nosewheel down until rotation, but on a bumpy runway it can be quite jarring to have the nosewheel pop up, then have to add a bunch more rudder to keep it straight, only for the nose to come back down and take you too far to the right. The landing at 4:25 demonstrates what I'm talking about. the plane veers right when the nosewheel finally comes down.
I found that unless I am on a very smooth runway, I just do a softfield takeoff every time and just get the nosewheel off the ground ASAP to avoid it.

I haven't noticed this in other aircraft with nosewheel steering, like a 172, but it possible that just because I only flew them off smooth runways?

[hermantibbs]

Basically the same thing I say only stated differently.