Landing issues in simulator mode

[bobbysocks]

[QUOTE=winny;145525]Unfortunately it's just what spits do!

they all do that!!!

[BRIGGBOY]

Originally Posted by spit73

Can someone help me. I am trying to complete Inspect Airfields mission on Simulator mode. Every time I try landing the plane rolls down the runway and just when it is about to stop it flips forward and crashes. What am I doing wrong. I have tried everything, coming in slow, Holding the throttle all the way back on landing, Flaps on landing position and then trying with them raised. So frustrating. If anyone can help that would ease a lot of pain, Cheers

dont worry it just takes a bit of practise I was rubbish at landing in sim and now i find it the easiest

[KAV]

Originally Posted by BRIGGBOY

dont worry it just takes a bit of practise I was rubbish at landing in sim and now i find it the easiest

What a load of BS BRIGGBOY.

This is an impossible mission to complete.
Manage to make two landings, then perfectly noses the third one.
:e vil:

[Robotic Pope]

Originally Posted by KAV

What a load of BS BRIGGBOY.

This is an impossible mission to complete.
Manage to make two landings, then perfectly noses the third one.
:e vil:

Its not imposible, its just very hard until you find a way to land the spitfire with a high percent success rate. Different people seem to find different ways to do that. Evangelous (SEE) can land the spitfire all the time in CTA sim matches without tipping up, he uses a flightstick an uses his guns at the right time to slow down. But if I try to use his technique with the joypad using guns instead of brakes I allways end up facing downwards in flames. My way is to come down gently on all 3 wheels using my trim, not to use too much elevator once you are down, apply brake, then at 31/32mph let off the brakes and pull hard back with the elevtor. This works for the Fw190's aswell.

Another thing about landing these planes on sim is i'm almost convinced that unlimited ammo with bombs does make the MkIX/MkXVI/Fw190F imposible to land. I think the game adds the weight of 30 odd bombs onto your fighter and makes the tip over far stronger so nothing can stop it. I can land almost every time with a spitfire with 1 or 2 bombs on limited ammo but never can I keep it on 3 wheels on unlimited.

One last thing. Anyone else think this game is obsessed with explosions.
Plane tips over = Explosion.
One landing gear snaps on landing. 90% of the time this = Explosion.
Planes wing bumps 3 times into hanger/house/tree at 0.001mph = Explosion.
Plane ditches into water (water landing), seconds later = Watery Explosion.

[KAV]

Thanks lads, but I am not wiser. My approach is: thr at 32, landing flaps, gear down. Touch down varies around 120-160 km/t. Throttle off, raised flaps and break until 70. Let roll passed 60 and 50. About 54 it tips and 7 of 10 its tips over. Trird this with varations of flaps set at both landing and raised. Firing gins doesnt seem to help. Stick back doesnt seem to help. What have had some effect has been using rudder. This maling the forward force gradually into rotation left and right.

[BRIGGBOY]

i dont know if it will help you guys but what i do is as soon as the tail wheel hits the ground i set the trim and use a little left rudder wwhen its just about to stop

[vdomini]

Originally Posted by spit73

Can someone help me. I am trying to complete Inspect Airfields mission on Simulator mode. Every time I try landing the plane rolls down the runway and just when it is about to stop it flips forward and crashes. What am I doing wrong. I have tried everything, coming in slow, Holding the throttle all the way back on landing, Flaps on landing position and then trying with them raised. So frustrating. If anyone can help that would ease a lot of pain, Cheers

I usually avoid that problem by landing that way, also during CTA games:


Flaps landing position, gears down ( obviously ), approach the runaway at 0% throttle almost at stall speed, pull the nose up while you're touching the ground, almost at stall speed, touching the ground with your wheel tail too, and keep pulling the flight stick like if you would be climbing. If you do this the right way you will keep your plane "sticked" to the ground, it won't try to climb because the speed will be below minimum lift speed. Holds the stick pulled and zero throttle and you won't nose down. 100%