Which statement describes the appropriate speed prior to roundout/flare?

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Which statement describes the appropriate speed prior to roundout/flare?

The speed right before roundout and flare should be close to the stall speed in the landing configuration. This keeps the descent rate manageable and gives you enough control authority to smoothly pitch up and transition to a gentle touchdown. If you’re approaching flare significantly faster than stall, you’ll tend to float and touchdown farther down the runway or with more speed on contact; if you’re too slow, you risk losing lift and stalling before touch-down. So describing the speed as approximately the stall speed in landing configuration best matches how you want the aircraft to behave during the final transition to touchdown.

The speed right before roundout and flare should be close to the stall speed in the landing configuration. This keeps the descent rate manageable and gives you enough control authority to smoothly pitch up and transition to a gentle touchdown. If you’re approaching flare significantly faster than stall, you’ll tend to float and touchdown farther down the runway or with more speed on contact; if you’re too slow, you risk losing lift and stalling before touch-down. So describing the speed as approximately the stall speed in landing configuration best matches how you want the aircraft to behave during the final transition to touchdown.

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