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Anyway, I have got to a point that I can control the airplane and understand what's happening with about 50 hours so far. I have around 3 hours of solo so far as well. Having said that, I'm still not happy with my patterns and landings. Abeam the numbers I'm at the right altitude and air speed. I reduce RPMs, pull first notch of flaps and so on. But everytime I end up being 100 feet higher or lower in my turn to final. My skills at this point are developed enough to identify and correct for this (add RPM or go to idle), and my landings are all safe landings, but I'm not happy about them needing correction with RPMs. Basically most of my landings are "saved" landings, not a nice glide from "turn to final" to "touchdown". I'd like to see red over white the whole way, but I typically either see white over white, or red over red at the turn to final.
I assume this is not the way it's supposed to be, since my instructor(s) have hit the mark every single time. But here's my question: We know that winds and other minor issues like the exact point of turning from downwind to base, and from base to final might be different for each landing. Are RPM corrections always part of the game? Or am I still sloppy and need more practice?
Any suggestions on how to improve?