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https://www.captainsim.org/forum/csf.pl?num=1269093045 Message started by btscott on Mar 20th, 2010 at 1:50pm |
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Title: Re: New User Questions Post by LOU on Mar 22nd, 2010 at 7:46pm
Bruce,
Nice video! JP's advice is good. If I recall on the -100 the max landing weight was 150,000#. Play around with landing weights of 130,000 or 125,000. Don't bother with the autopilot now, just get used to hand flying and try to keep the plane in trim as best you can with the fast trim problem. Don't use 40 degrees flap for normal landings - it's just too much drag! Find an airport with a good size runway and make the weather good. Tune in the ILS so you have DME. You can make your own glide slope by using 300 feet per mile. Example: If you are 5 miles out you should be 1,500 feet above the ground. (5 X 300 = 1,500) This will keep you on a 3 degree G/S and allow you to look outside more. On the real plane at about 125,000 pounds with flaps 30 on the glide slope we would use around 3,000 # FF per engine to keep VREF. Make small adjustments as needed to keep the speed. I always found Fuel Flow easier to pick up in my scan than EPR. As I have said in other posts and JP also says - don't rush the approach. Get set up for landing and get the feel of the plane. I know the trim is a pain, but practice using short hits to the joystick trim buttons to get the plane in trim. I am able to trim using the joystick for normal trim. Check on your altitude each mile. Three miles out - 900 feet. Keep the VASI or PAPI happy. 2 RED - 2 WHITE is just fine for the 727. Widebody 747's and the like use 3 WHITE - 1 RED. Keep your scan going! As you near the runway, begin to look towards the far end of the runway. This should help improve your perspective, as it should make it easier to judge height and sink rate. Don't chop the power, just slowly reduce thrust as you touch down. In your video of the 727 from the outside view, it looked like a firm landing. Keeping the thrust on as you flare should make a better landing. Being on speed is the key to landing the 727. Use the SAVE command in FSX when you are set up well outside the marker and on speed. Then you can load that saved position and config to repeat one landing after another. I noticed the stupid "DON'T SINK" voice during the approach below 1,000 feet until around 100 feet. I still have not found a way to fix this problem. The rest of the call outs were normal as the autopilot pushed over during the approach and caused in excess of 1,000 FPM descent rate. This could happen, and has in the real beast. That is why when the autopilot is connected you should ALWAYS have your hand on the yoke with the thumb ready to disconnect. When anything happens - FLY THE PLANE FIRST! Then you can fix the problem. Lou |
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