Hey guys, I have tried about you told me of the A320, I watch that I have landed with 58% of Load and when I reduce the Speed yo 140 knots and got down the flaps yo full, the aircraft nose start yo get up and get down.
I don’t understand why happen that.
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Happens with every aircraft in the fleet, it’s something that needs to be ironed out. It tends to get worse the higher flap setting you extend.
The A320 family can be landed perfectly with flaps 3. Flaps full are only needed on short runways and/or high loads.
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Mmmm, thank you
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My two cents : flaps 1 at around 205kt, 2 at around 180, 3 at around 160 and full at about 145kt, then slow down to vapp (usually about 135kt).
Doing it step by step and at about the right speed helps avoiding the balooning effect.
Also, when dropping one set of flaps, trimming down is a good idea.
Let me know if this helps.
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Do you know if this happens irl?
I only fly armchair airlines… so no! 
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But it is logical that an aircraft would have a tendency to do it. Same IAS, more lift… but I guess the real A320 compensate.
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Okey Tep_NEMO, thank you.
I’ll try it
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Maybe the auto trim of the Airbus family compensates the extra lift with negative trim, negating the balooning. Maybe, a real pilot may chime in and tell us the truth.
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This happens mostly when you use wrong trim setting, or speed. Flaps full with 140kts on final approach is considered a little fast for an A320 that has 58% load
Sorry but you drop your last set of flaps at a speed that is necessarily above your final approach speed, so 140kt is perfectly fine.
See a typical F speed and VAPP below from AIRBUS:
I tried and it happen the same.
For what aircraft is this though… Not all Airbus planes are the same. Flaps full and 145kts for example at 50% speed is for the A330
There is no significant difference in F speed between A330 and A320 for a normal landing weight. And the point is that one drops the last set of flaps before reaching the F speed so that the speed is reached at or above that speed. So the ballooning effect reported by the OP is not caused by having full flaps at 140kt.
Balooning exist in the real A320, but it seems to be an issue between 1 and 2
Thanks Nemo, this will be another technique to master.
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Ok. Trim should be about 20% at 200kt. Is this the case?
Do you use APPR or do you fly the approach manually?