Landing issues in simulator mode

[stealth finger]

Yeah the spitfire does that for somereason. if you try and keep level when you touch down (keep your back wheel off the ground) for as long as possible it mostly seems to abate it...mostly.

[Zatoichi_Sanjuro]

Make sure you have a good long line-up on the runway as you slowly come in.

Come in at 30% throttle and once you touch down "brake" until your speed gets to 70-60. Once that happens put your stick in neutral and lay off the brake. Giving a tiny bit of throttle just before the Spit feels like it's going to bury it's nose in the dirt helps. After your speed reduces from 60-50 you should be able to brake with no problem.

[spit73]

Thanks that helps.
I saw on another thread that it seems to be a bug. It said to brake when landing and rapidly pulling the left stick back and forth and it seems to prevent the plane flippiong. It seemed to work. Thanks so much.

[kozzm0]

It's not really a bug, Spitfires do that in real life.

The trick is not to decelerate too fast, and it works for all planes. Besides not dragging the tail through the flip-speed zone, it helps to increase throttle till you're cruising at 65kph, then reduce as slowly as possible. The slower you go from 65 to 50, the better. Once the speed is below 50 it's safe.

[Rosemeyer78]

Originally Posted by kozzm0

It's not really a bug, Spitfires do that in real life.

Ok, Spitfire probably is a beast really hard to landing ..

But with Spitfire MkII and a lot of practice, it is possible to land ..
raise the rear wing while you're slowing down is greatly helping to never point the muzzle and keep the back on the ground..

But with MkIX and MkXVI is impossible!
I tried hundreds of times in hundreds of different tactics in "training mode" and when the plane is on the ground.. always ends with his nose. I think it's really a bug ...


(another bug in the landings, for example, is when you land with La-5, La-7 or I153 ... you turn off the engine, and when they drove off, the engine sound disappears )

[BRIGGBOY]

Originally Posted by Rosemeyer78

Ok, Spitfire probably is a beast really hard to landing ..

But with Spitfire MkII and a lot of practice, it is possible to land ..
raise the rear wing while you're slowing down is greatly helping to never point the muzzle and keep the back on the ground..

But with MkIX and MkXVI is impossible!
I tried hundreds of times in hundreds of different tactics in "training mode" and when the plane is on the ground.. always ends with his nose. I think it's really a bug ...


(another bug in the landings, for example, is when you land with La-5, La-7 or I153 ... you turn off the engine, and when they drove off, the engine sound disappears )

no it is not i fly mkII and mkIX alll the time.

[Zatoichi_Sanjuro]

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