Question : Why did I bounce my landings today ?

[Beefitarian]

By the second bounce, I don't think speed was an issue as much as the vertical descent causing me to keep dropping onto the runway.

Some what agreed. It may have been causing some vertical ascent giving you a better bounce though.

I had the nose up

Bring it up a little more.

a bit of throttle to flatten it out

The bonus there is you take weight off the wheels. True it won't be hitting the runway as hard, unless you cause oscillations. Then you might get into much more trouble.



I'm pretty sure you want to choose power to go around. Or remove the power to land.

and make sure you get the throttle all the way off. As I said above, this makes an incredible difference to how long you float.

In some cases it also helps bounce less times before the plane stays on the runway. I'll try to find the video Iflyforpie posted a while ago. It was exciting and demonstrates the problem with too much speed/power as the plane touches down.

[ruddersup?]

If you have no rear passengers, try putting 50 lbs in baggage compartment and your landings will improve a lot and your confidence will increase. Forward c of g is nasty for landing and requires stick all the way back. No room for error.

[Meatservo]

Don't worry, Scro, I bounced a landing today, too, and I've been doing this for over 20 years. Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't. This time, I sure did.