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Excellent! I'll definitely give it a try. Thanks!

@Ironhand: Great attitude control during the flare! I don't know if it is possible to get this nose wheel on the ground smoothly with that kind of weight. The feeling of shaking in this cockpit never gets old. Would love to have that in other planes.

Aaaaaah! So there's a word for that. I've noticed my mig takes a dive once reaching 30m AGL, even though AoA and speed are constant at this point. I could not explain that. I counter it with more trim.

I don't know who said people are not good enough. For my part, I acknowledged that controls were super sensitive, more so than other aircraft in DCS, and stated what worked for me for landing, which seemed to be the subject of the thread. Controls of the Mig-29s in DCS do annoy me, but I'm not a Mig-29 pilot nor an aeronautical engineer, so I can't say it's broken. But I concur with the need of a proper manual for this game.

Mig-29 Landing I don't know if things have changed in recent updates but I find it totally doable to land the Mig-29 without bouncing. I agree the controls feel super twitchy compared to other planes, but I think if we all had a stick with a proper extension (I don't) and therefore an increased throw, the issue would just go away. What works for me: Touchdown at about 280KMH, under 2 m/s, AoA about 9°. Nose wheel down under 250 KMH, with slight stick pull back before impact for a bit of cushion. This slight stick pull back is maintained after the chute is deployed to avoid serious nose wheel bouncing. The landing in this video is my best attempt so far, and honestly I can't reproduce that kind of smooth landing consistently, but I definitely got rid of bouncing in 90% of my landings with the Fulcrum.

It took me several nights this week to practice A2A drogue and probe refueling. I had experience before with the F-15, but not with the basket. Well, I now enjoy it very much and I challenged myself to connect to 4 different tankers, with only a single contact each. That was fun!

I totally agree.

Thanks! I watched the video and the trk file again, and I believe this can still be improved. I was aiming for a 1 m/s touchdown, but right before hitting the runway I lost too much speed and lift and fell to 2 m/s. I would also have had more margin if I had crossed the threshold slightly lower. In the meantime, I'm doing the heavy landing challenge. I'm doing ok, but can't seem to touch softly and align nicely on the runway centerline at the same time.

Yep. But let's be more ambitious! You'll be my wingman, and we'll land in formation on the Kuznetsov! In the meantime, for your enjoyment :)

Thank you all! Yes, approach and landing parameters were as follows: - Angle of attack: 13° actual, 11° indicated - Rate of descent: 5 m/s - Flare: at 5-10 meters, retard throttle to 60-70% RPM and reduce rate of descent to 1 m/s or less - Upon touchdown, throttle to idle and aerodynamic braking by pitching up (5°) then by deploying the drag chute (once nose wheel on the ground) - Wheel braking: as required This was done with only 15% of fuel.

Hello! After a lot of research, watching RL videos, reading the manual and tons of trials and errors, I believe I have the perfect Mig-21 landing nailed but I will let you be the judge of that. I'm actually totally new to the Mig-21, but landings are my things, so I absolutely needed to do that. Would love to hear about how to land better! :pilotfly:

I tried hard to follow the procedure as per the manual to achieve a nice and soft landing with the Mig-21. I even managed to aerobrake for a few seconds without slamming the nosewheel onto the runway. If you know how this could be improved, I'd appreciate your thoughts very much!

How I land the J-11A/Su-27 visually.

Haha, thank you. And no worries, that was expected. That's why I made subtitles available with the video. I'm glad you liked it! :)

This is the first video of my series showcasing kiss landings in DCS. Hope you'll like it!

Great fun landing that beast on the Kuznetsov!

I'm not an expert, but my understanding is that the overhead maneuver is just one of several ways to join the pattern. And the pattern may be clockwise or counterclockwise, and this is stated in the VAD charts. For example, in Kobuleti, flying the pattern counterclockwise would have had me flying over the city. Probably a big no no in this case.

Thanks Panther, it will help. I'm planning on doing more videos soon.

Thanks! I'm not familiar with the term "roll out". Is it when the plane is downwind?

Thank you all for the feedback!

Thank you!

Hello! I recently learned how to do the overhead maneuver and it is so much fun! Here's a tutorial that I hope will help new pilots join the pattern military style. By the way, how do I make the Youtube thumbnail appear in the post?

Who can beat that? :P Heavy Landing Challenge:

Oh yeah, it helped. Thanks! Here is a mission file to make it easy to see these new locations. The default aircraft is a Huey, but feel free to edit the file to suit your needs. TOURISM - Iran.miz