to be honest... the short field landing is one if his BEST maneuvers. we have had numerous competitions with one another on short field landings and he beats me about 50% of the time. (unless we fly the Cessna 150... i can VTOL that damned thing
)
it was the last thing we expected him to dork up today.
the thing is... you have to do a "firm" and "flat" landing to make the short field landing work... however his landing was not
flat enough and it was
too firm.
this resulted in a minor bounce of about 6 to 8 feet.
of course during the course of the bounce you have NO braking friction with the ground (as you are not in contact with it)
so he floated about 200 - 300 feet past the point on the runway he was supposed to be stopped by.
not the first time... wont be the last. he knew what he did wrong, and explained in detail how he should have fixed it.
better luck Monday. the guy is sharp... i would trust him to carry ANY member of my family as a passenger.