Using airbrake in PO180

This is a copy of the original post body for posterity: --- My airplane, a Pipistrel Virus, has an excellent 18:1 glide ratio and can be registered either as a motor glider or as an airplane. Mine is registered as an airplane. It really does not want to come down. Every landing has to be a power-off landing, and we use the airbrakes like a throttle to manage the descent. Would using the airbrakes this way be considered “cheating” on a commercial PO180 checkride? --- Please downvote this comment until it collapses. Questions about this comment? [Please see this wiki post before contacting the mods](https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/wiki/index/rflyingtower/). --- I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. If you have any questions, please [contact the mods of this subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/flying).