landing advice (picture) tell me what you think?

[Slotback]

Well don't pull up as much. That's all I can say. If you're touching down at anything more than about 300 feet per minute then I'd say it's a BAD LANDING.

[doomfreak777]

Well i would only land in cockpit but i dont know how to see how my landing was and i have the saitek x52 flight stick and it seems like everytime i try and pull my aircraft up even a little to land softly with the nose up the whole darn airplane goes up

If this is happening it may be possible that you are going too fast when landing, in a 737 i think landing speed is about 140kts, it may be a little faster, what speed are you landing at?

[Slotback]

The default 737 flight dynamics are garbage and require you to land 30+ knots faster than you would in the real thing.

[tcco94]

Well i would only land in cockpit but i dont know how to see how my landing was and i have the saitek x52 flight stick and it seems like everytime i try and pull my aircraft up even a little to land softly with the nose up the whole darn airplane goes up

If this is happening it may be possible that you are going too fast when landing, in a 737 i think landing speed is about 140kts, it may be a little faster, what speed are you landing at?

Well that picture of my cockpit was 138 kts and i had full flaps down a little bit before i was close to the landing. Is there anyway i can see how i land after i land so i can be in the cockpit view then look over it and see like an outside view? :-?

[BuggsK100RS]

You can use the instant replay thing.  Should help you review you own landings.

[tcco94]

[quote]You can use the instant replay thing.

[Meck]

You don't need to do anything/press any button: after you touchdown you pause the game (P) and go to the menu (alt), there you'll find the instant replay and (without having to record it) can watch your inflight!

[Brando14100]

Using speed hold until just before landing allows you to concentrate a lot more on altitude and getting alligned. I approach at 150 and land at 130 knots. I use those as pretty universal speeds for all the jets I fly.

[tcco94]

You don't need to do anything/press any button: after you touchdown you pause the game (P) and go to the menu (alt), there you'll find the instant replay and (without having to record it) can watch your inflight!

Oh sweet i was wondering where it was but i have question, where is the button that makes your landings like in a straight path on the dashboard and also where do you change you squawk?

[Meck]

...where is the button that makes your landings like in a straight path on the dashboard

do you mean ILS? :-?  Then it's the APP-Button (enter the ILS-freq. to NAV1, switch GPS to NAV, activate APP and watch the bird lining up and descending towards the runway)

[tcco94]

...where is the button that makes your landings like in a straight path on the dashboard

do you mean ILS? :-?

[Meck]

...where is the button that makes your landings like in a straight path on the dashboard

do you mean ILS? :-?

[TSC.]

...where is the button that makes your landings like in a straight path on the dashboard

do you mean ILS? :-?

[Brett_Henderson]

By the time you turn final (or are about 5 miles out, if flying a long, straight in approach) in a jet... you should be all but landed at that point.. just waiting on the runaway to come to you... making very small pitch and power changes, and that last flap setting, according to load and wind.


By the time you turn final (or are about 5 miles out, if flying a long, straight in approach) in a jet... you should be all but landed at that point.. just waiting on the runaway to come to you... making very small pitch and power changes, and that last flap setting, according to load and wind.

I repeated in bold, because this is one of those threads where good advice is ignored. This isn't easy stuff, and if you don't focus on the fundamental BASICS..

[Meck]

...where is the button that makes your landings like in a straight path on the dashboard

do you mean ILS? :-?