Greased Landings

UAL905 MARK DI DOMENICO · Post by **UAL905 MARK DI DOMENICO** » March 18th, 2020, 8:35 pm

Looking at the Hub stats, I see quite a few low two digit landings. (-20fpm, -28fpm)

No matter how smooth I think I land, I'm still up there in the low three digits.

What's your secret for a smooth landing?

Regards,

Mark

Post by **UAL001 Gary Price** » March 19th, 2020, 5:38 pm

Bloody Mary's...... the more I drink during the flight, the better the landing - every time.

Actually, I have no idea how to land most planes well. Especially the Airbus..... those planes are a different kind of flying... altogether...

(I am getting good at the A330 however)

Gary

UAL909 Filipe Nunez · Post by **UAL909 Filipe Nunez** » March 19th, 2020, 7:35 pm

no idea im in the 250-300fpm on B737\A320,, ~350fpm on heavies

UAL1277 Kevin Finch · Post by **UAL1277 Kevin Finch** » March 24th, 2020, 10:10 am

I don't know if these will help but here are some Youtube vids:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joOI4X5Vka8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHXFWKkX1zg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qnriMfIbEE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ute-k8l_AQ

These are all FSX/P3D centric. I would imagine the premise is close in XP but I can't say for certain because of the different flight modules in that sim.

UAL905 MARK DI DOMENICO · Post by **UAL905 MARK DI DOMENICO** » March 29th, 2020, 1:01 pm

Thanks Kevin!

UAL916 Ray Browell · Post by **UAL916 Ray Browell** » April 7th, 2020, 5:31 am

I get lucky every now and again. Other then that, I am usually in the triple digits as well. I think my average is just a shade under 300.

Personally I have reason to believe that landing a heavy at 20fpm might scare the living dog sh*t right out of me in real life. I would rather feel the landing and know I am firmly on the ground and not feel like I am sliding off the runway in one fashion or the other.

UAL905 MARK DI DOMENICO · Post by **UAL905 MARK DI DOMENICO** » April 7th, 2020, 10:56 am

Thanks Ray,

I luck out every now and then, but I'm usually in the 100-300 -fpm range myself.

Not something I obsess over, I was just trying to get the Hub landing rate stats down a little.

Stay Safe!

Mark UAL905

UAL916 Ray Browell · Post by **UAL916 Ray Browell** » April 7th, 2020, 5:57 pm

Contrary to my "I would love to feel the landing thing" I do try hard for a smooth landing and get aggravated when I don't get in the award zone

I truly am onboard with lowering hub #'s for sure. Now if we just scrub my numbers off the charts we should dip down a few points

I need new tires and wheels after my landings

UAL905 MARK DI DOMENICO · Post by **UAL905 MARK DI DOMENICO** » April 7th, 2020, 9:14 pm

I can't help the harder than usual landings. I spent 23 years in Naval Aviation so all my landings are controlled crashes!

UAL916 Ray Browell · Post by **UAL916 Ray Browell** » April 12th, 2020, 6:21 am

Any landing we can walk away from was a good landing.

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