Landing Tips

[Bez34]

I was wondering if anyone would be interested in sharing pointers on how to land successfully. I have read the part in the manual on landing and it helps a bit, but most types I cannot land. Aircraft seem to touch down going too fast even when my throttle is at zero and I have done a long gentle descent. I cannot get a landing speed below 50 mph. Result is almost always crash.

[sitting_duck]

I was wondering if anyone would be interested in sharing pointers on how to land successfully. I have read the part in the manual on landing and it helps a bit, but most types I cannot land. Aircraft seem to touch down going too fast even when my throttle is at zero and I have done a long gentle descent. I cannot get a landing speed below 50 mph. Result is almost always crash.

 

 

whew,,,hardly an expert here,,,

 

Setup for your landing a little farther than you think you need, Im guessing im at least 1 1/2 airfileds away from the close end of the airfield when i set up for approach. Then i throttle back all the way. I shoot for an approach angle of about 20 degrees. If i feel my speed is too great, then i do some lazy s turns as i approch the airfield with my nose up a bit to bleed off speed. When my airspeed is below 50, then i go into my approach. If you do these right, you will not be any closer to the airfield. I keep my nose high, as i approach, and slowly pull back on stick as the plane gets lower. the closer i get to the ground, the more i pull up to bleed the speed off...if around 15 ft off the deck i think im still goint to fast,,then i pull up more, but have to make sure you have set up so you are not going to overun the airfield so i land pretty much a little nose high. You can also cnt shft f6 as you are in your approch to kill the engine....i do that alot too

 

I rarely stall on approach

Edited April 9, 2009 by sitting_duck

[Rooster89]

Sitting Duck's points are great, its all about speed control. Im no expert either, but personally, what I do is always come down in the long gentile decsent (which you do) throttle closed all the way, then over the close edge of the airfield I kill my engine via the fuel cutoff switch (i have it mapped to my joystick). Then get as close to the ground as possible, without having you wheels touch. Try to "float" over the airfield as long as possible without touching down (you should be going relatively slow at this time), maybe pulling up slightly to keep the wheels off. When you do touch down you can further bleed off speed by pulling up hard to dig in the tail skid.

 

Hope This Helps

 

-Rooster

[Bez34]

Thanks for the tips guys. I have been practicing tonight using the Fokker D VII. My first two attempts at landing I crashed, but on the third attempt I got my speed down to 45 mph for the first time and made a good, soft landing. So I think I am starting to get used to these new techniques. I'm learning to bleed off speed without losing control of the aircraft during my approach. I am going to keep practicing in Quick Flight using different planes.

[Rooster89]

Glad to hear we helped a little Bez.

 

-Rooster