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Offline earl1937

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Landing's
« on: December 26, 2015, 10:31:22 AM »
 :airplane: Gosh, I can't believe all the "experienced" players I see in here, just can't seem to land what ever aircraft they are flying!
Example: Yesterday, I watched a 262 land at a small field, or attempt to anyway! He had to be doing 200 when he crossed the fence at the end of the runway, touched down about 3/4's of the way down runway, started "fish" tailing back and forth trying to slow down, finally ran off the runway, close to the end and was in grass and he closed out from there!
Perk points had to fly out the window, because all he would have gotten was a "ditch"! You have to be on concrete in order to get a successful landing message and credit for damage or kills!
The 262 will fly very nicely at 120MPH IAS, so if you are going to fly one, you need to get some altitude and practice "slow" flying the thing, its not that hard! Do it, the practice with full flaps down and gear down. Use 10,000 feet AGL as the ground and practice descending to that altitude and then, practice a go around by first, apply full throttle, raising the gear and then "milk" the flaps all the way up. That way, if you ever need to "abort" a landing, you will have some knowledge of how it handles!
« Last Edit: December 26, 2015, 10:32:53 AM by earl1937 »
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Offline Mongoose

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Re: Landing's
« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2015, 11:39:20 AM »
  Do touch and go landings until you are good at landing the plane.  This may seem boring, but learning to land teaches you a lot about how to handle your plane, and will help you get better at everything else.
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Offline ImADot

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Re: Landing's
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2015, 11:48:49 AM »
Landing is not difficult at all. The problem is that too many players are in too much of a hurry to even come close to a decent landing. Some don't care,  others don't care to learn. Unless I bail out to get somewhere quicker to help with defense, I always land. Most of the time, especially with the slower early war planes, I have a short taxi to the rearm pad back where I touched down.
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Re: Landing's
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2015, 11:59:34 AM »
If you've taken hits remember to check that your gear is working, with all the different cockpits when I remember to check I just use ctrlD , it also lets you know ahead of time if one sides flap is out.
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Offline colmbo

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Re: Landing's
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2015, 05:49:25 PM »
I concur ET, many guys try to fly the airplane onto the ground instead of "holding it off" and letting it land when it's ready.  Speed control is paramount.
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