Any tips on landing? I have read the guide on the trainer site but so far no luck.
I'm no real expert, but here's my take on landing:
Throttle controls descent rate, elevator controls airspeed.
Just for practice, come into the field around 1000-1500' (remember the altimeter shows above sea level, not above ground level). If the field alt is 300' (shown on the map as 0.3k) if your altimeter shows 1300' you are 1000' above the field. Try the Hurricane MkIIc if you want to practice with a taildragger. Approach speed 150mph, combat trim off (if you had it on), cut throttle a bit, flaps down, gear down. If your speed is over 160 you can't deploy flaps and your gear may rip off if lowered.
If you need to bleed speed, you can perform left and right S-turns (cut back on throttle and bank left, pull back on stick, fly 45-60 degrees left of airbase - bank right, pull stick back fly 45-60 degrees right of airbase - repeat as necessary) until your speed is around 170. Get lined up with airbase again and continue to slow until 160 where you can drop flaps. Once flaps are down you should be slowing fast, drop gear at 150 and throttle up a bit to make up for the drag.
Once you're stabilized, small throttle changes to keep your sink rate between 500-1000 feet per minute and pull back on stick and/or use elevator trim for neutral stick to adjust airspeed (which should be steadily decreasing). Ideally, when you are over the runway threshold, you should be 50' or so and airspeed around 70-90 mph, the stall buzzer should start sounding and your sink rate should be 10-100 feet per minute.
Chop throttle to idle and let it settle onto the runway. Since your stick is probably pulled back at least halfway, your tailwheel will already be locked once your tail settles onto the ground and steering should be minimal with the rudder. Apply brakes and you're down safe.
After you've done it a few times it'll be second nature and you can start practicing combat landings and other hard-manouvering techniques to come in hot and land quickly.
