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nhraracer90 Full Member Offline Posts: 28 Joined: Mar 29^th, 2009	approach speed Mar 29^th, 2009 at 7:15pm	Print Post
	I set my approach speed to 170 and I landed in the middle of the runway. What is a good approach speed? Do I turn the autopilot off when i land? or what


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Ant1981 Full Member Offline Posts: 104 Joined: Dec 15^th, 2008	Re: approach speed Reply #1 - Mar 29^th, 2009 at 8:55pm	Print Post
	170 does sound a bit high to maintain the glide slope.

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Palmi Full Member Offline Posts: 23 Joined: Mar 30^th, 2009	Re: approach speed Reply #2 - Mar 30^th, 2009 at 4:56pm	Print Post
	I always land beetween 133-145 knots ... i think the 170 knots is not good approach speed And yes you need to turn your autopilot off when you land i think .... But you don't need to turn the speed off ...


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rupesh Full Member Offline Posts: 88 Joined: Jan 2^nd, 2009	Re: approach speed Reply #3 - Mar 31^st, 2009 at 4:06am	Print Post
	around 140 is about right depending on landing weight but approach is +10 so around 150 or 155 and throttles idle for touchdown should work..this is with 25-30 flaps


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Panavia. Full Member Offline Posts: 5 Location: Wales Joined: Jul 23^rd, 2008 Gender:	Re: approach speed Reply #4 - Mar 31^st, 2009 at 4:11pm	Print Post
	Alternatively, if you do program the FMC with the correct weights etc, it will tell you the exact speed required. Look on the 'Approach' option on the 'initial' menu. It will also give you the flaps required.


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ALH Full Member Offline Posts: 8 Joined: Feb 4^th, 2009	Re: approach speed Reply #5 - Apr 2^nd, 2009 at 6:59pm	Print Post
	What Daniel says is the best way to do it. Depending on your weight the approach speed varies a lot, but if you don't have better figures, mostly jets approach / land between 130 and 140 kts (this is very aproximately) but works usually. 170 kt is to high for landing and can bump a lot and even you can miss the end of the runway at high speed . Hope it helps for better flights !!


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rennman Full Member Offline Posts: 29 Joined: Nov 16^th, 2005	Re: approach speed Reply #6 - Apr 3^rd, 2009 at 3:25am	Print Post
	the landing speed varies due to fuel weight and wind... which is always different .. what i have been doing for years is keeping the plane level with attitude indicator on the approach..full flaps...and then flaring the nose up right before touchdown..this takes care of the speed all of the time no matter what it needs to be...i dont know if this is what real pilots do but it has worked for me in flight sim on all aircraft in all conditions


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Bob Markey Full Member Offline FS Addict Posts: 216 Location: Texas Joined: Jan 29^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: approach speed Reply #7 - Apr 7^th, 2009 at 4:13pm	Print Post
	Your FMC will tell you what approach speed to use for your current weight and desired flaps setting... assuming you've set it up right before the flight. Before you get to your approach, click the INT REF button and it will show you your approach reference, and you'll note down one side of the display it will show you what your approach should be on 20, 25, and 30 flap positions. Fly her to the ground at about that speed, and you should be golden.

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Aviator327 Full Member Offline Airline Transport Pilot (Ret) Posts: 90 Joined: Oct 28^th, 2008	Re: approach speed Reply #8 - Apr 8^th, 2009 at 1:43pm	Print Post
	Here is mine with a Gross Landing Wt of around 170.000lb.

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