Haha! What the hell happened?

[Alexrey]

I was having a few attempts at landing my Su-27 but failed to succeed. I then found out about auto-throttle and auto-height in the input options, so I gave 'em a try. I was surprised that when both where turned on they acted like an auto pilot; they did the last turn for me to line up for a landing and took me down to the right speed and height.

So I got all relaxed and started checking out my plane and all the cool scenery around it. Then, when I was about 50 meters off the ground and about 50 meters from the runway ahead of me, I suddenly heard the afterburners kick in and both the auto-throttle and auto-height deactivated and I went skyrocketing into the air, I just felt like saying :helpsmilie:!

 

Is this an error or is that supposed to happen?

[159th_Viper]

ACS switches off automatically after descending to 50m AGL. :)

[Alexrey]

First off what's ACS and AGL :huh:. And secondly is there a way to make the plane do a proper auto-landing for you? I can't seem to get it right since I'm always fighting the "minimum speed!" woman

[159th_Viper]

First off what's ACS and AGL :huh:. And secondly is there a way to make the plane do a proper auto-landing for you? I can't seem to get it right since I'm always fighting the "minimum speed!" woman

 

ACS = Autopilot System

 

AGL = Altitude above Ground Level

 

You can only "Auto-Land" until 50m AGL as said - then the Autopilot automatically shuts down and you need to do the rest yourself :)

[Yeniceri]

eventually :)

[Alexrey]

Oh snap! :joystick:

 

So how do I stop the afterburner from turning on once ACS has been turned off?

[S77th-GOYA]

Zero your throttles?

[Brit_Radar_Dude]

I can't seem to get it right since I'm always fighting the "minimum speed!" woman

Myself, I find it better to do manual landings at about 300 - 330kph kph ie a little faster than recommended. I make sure I have a nice gentle descent rate of about 5 metres per sec. As I get over the runway threshold, I'll cut the throttles and as the speed drops off, I reduce the descent rate and set the wheels down gently.

 

Practice first on a long runway so you are not in a panic to get her down quick, there are several long ones in the Crimea part of the map.....

 

Oktyabrskoye

58° 3500m

 

Krasnoyvardenskoye

50° 3500m

 

Dzhankoy

50° 3500m

 

Once you have the hang of it, try adding a little crosswind with the Mission Editor weather page. The try adding some turbulance. Then try other aircraft. Once you are confident about landing on pretty much any runway in Lockon and in any day / night, wind / weather conditions, then try landing the Su-33 on the carrier. You will feel like you are starting all over again. You will find you have to be much more accurate to do this, it is like trying to land on a postage stamp ;), but it will give you a real buzz once you can do it.

[nscode]

330.... You are lucky wheels are cheap in sims ;)

 

 

(not that they would blow, but they wear out sooner.. there's actually a specification on how many landings above recommended speed or weight are allowed)

[Brit_Radar_Dude]

330.... You are lucky wheels are cheap in sims ;)

Well, I have a cousin who knows someone, who has a friend, etc etc. ;)

 

What I meant was that I come in on the approach at that speed. By the time I've chopped the descent rate and throttles over the runway threshold, I'm probably down to 270-300 when I actually touch down.