lamding flite 747
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Topic: lamding flite 747
Posted By: cappy44b
Subject: lamding flite 747
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2009 at 1:23am
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everytime i land, the plane bangs onto the runway-even on perfect touchdowns. not a fuel or trim problem-any suggestions? |
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Posted By: twright
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2009 at 4:32pm
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Probably just technique. The correct technique in a large jet aircraft is to 'fly the aircraft onto the runway', rather than stalling it onto the runway as you would do in a light aircraft. Basically fly the approach at the correct approach speed, then at 50ft above the runway raise the nose a little - but keep the power on - although make sure you don't raise the nose too much otherwise you'll go back up again! At the 30ft call slowly bring the power back to idle and hold the backpressure as the speed bleeds off. You should touch nice and smoothly. If you idle the power too early you'll come down heavy. If this does happen, you can give it a small burst of power just before you touch down to kill some of the sink. ------------- Kind regards, Tom |
Posted By: Edward Longe
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2009 at 4:44pm
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Flare (raise the nose) no more then 10 ft AGL otherwise you'll "float it" ------------- 
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Posted By: twright
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2009 at 8:53pm
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10ft is a bit low. You'll result in a hard touchdown. Begin the flare at 50 ft, but very gently. It doesn't have to be by very much, just enough to ease the rate of descent. If you syncronise your flare with your throttle retardation, you'll have a lovely soft landing. ------------- Kind regards, Tom |
Posted By: TomA320
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2009 at 9:27pm
| 10ft is what Mike Ray says. Quote from his book: "DO NOT start your flare above 10ft. YOU WILL FLOAT." |
Posted By: twright
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2009 at 11:09pm
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I'm following advice given to me from the PMDG forum regarding the 747-400. If you flare any later than 50ft it will be hard. By flare, I don't mean just raise the nose randomly, I mean ever so slightly (you'll hardly move the stick at all) just to reduce the descent rate from what it was (around 500ft/min) to around 10ft/min, which isn't much. Then reduce thrust. ------------- Kind regards, Tom |
Posted By: cappy44b
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2009 at 1:15pm
| thank you for your advice i have landed many 747 sims with no problem-but this one is tough |
Posted By: TomA320
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2009 at 1:17pm
Practice makes perfect
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