Help with landing on short airstrips

Yeah, your speed sounds about right for a 2 wheel land when you have plenty of runway, but for short field landings you want to be hearing that stall warning just as you touch down. I think this around 55knots in the X Cub although admittedly I haven’t flown since I got the Husky.

With the high AOA on touchdown and tail wheel down immediately, you should be able to get on the brakes immediately and stop in maybe 200-300’ - getting the speed and touchdown precise is the tricky parts - lots of throttle adjustments like landing on an aircraft carrier. And obviously seeing over the nose at aight AOA is an issue.

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