Something I learned from chuck yeagers advanced flight trainer 1 (on a c64).
When landing, use elevators for speed, and throttle for altitude.
People will dispute the best way to make an approach, but this is the way I do it.
Once your lined up on final, aim for the closest point on the runway (as others have said).
If you see yourself going too fast, pull back on the stick a bit and erduce throttle some. If you're coming in too slow, lower the nose a bit and increase throttle.
If you're descending too fast, keep the same pressure on the elevator, but increase throttle. you'll see that the plane will start leveling off, but you won't be gaining any speed (if at all, unless you really gun it
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Basically you don't want to be throwing the stick around when your on final. Use slow deliberate commands. Think ahead of where you are. Where you want to be.
Once your over the runway, you should be less than 100 feet or so off the ground. Just chop the throttle and keep pulling back on the stick. try to touchdown at the slowest possible speed.
It takes practice to get used to it, especially on a 2d monitor, but once you know what an approach should look like, it becomes a lot easier.
Hmm. This might be a bit too much at first, but after some practice it becomes 2nd nature.
