Avoid spins on landing

[lwalter]

When I land the Spitfire (and it happens same in other simulators like IL2), I'm fine landing the plane and getting it almost to a stop, staying well on the runway, but

.... as soon as it's almost stopped, it does a 360° turn before completely stopping. I can put as much rudder as I want, but it doesn't help.

At some point, I was wondering if the differential braking could explain this problem, as I may be applying brakes (100% since I don't have analog brakes) and rudder at the same time, but I'm not sure yet.

Any other explanation?

[Art-J]

The slower you roll, the less effective the rudder becomes, so indeed, at some point there just isn't enough airflow over it to do anything. The fact that Spit is the onlywarbird in DCS with free castoring tailwheel without lock option doesn't help either.

 

Below certain speed differential braking is the only way to straighten up the plane if it starts to groundloop, but unlike in Il-2 series, where brakes are infamous for being weak, the ones in DCS are ultra-strong, making "our" job easier.

[grafspee]

As well spitfire is only warbird in DCS which uses different setup for differential braking, braking system in spitfire is activated by brake lever on the stick with combination of rudder pedals position.

If rudder pedals are centered when lever is squeezed both wheels are braking

Full right rudder + brake = Right wheel brakes only

Full left rudder + brake = Left wheel braking

Transition between centered position and far left or right rudder resulting in gradual decreased of braking force opposite wheel to rudder deflection.

I use button for braking, rate of applying brakes via button allow to control braking force by tapping technique, so at the end of landing roll where rudder alone is not enough i start to squeeze brake lever and i deflect rudder and steer the plane.

There is option to assign brake lever increase or decreased button that way if you push button for a sec it will apply some braking power and it will stay there until you push decrease button, this way you can apply steady small braking force which will assist you with steering and it will put your plane to stop as well.

Edited September 6, 2021 by grafspee

[blaster182]

I'd at first applied the brake axis to a slider on my throttle but this is best for taxiing, applying a constant brake for easy control. For landing, I've assigned the brake command to a button and keep tapping it while shuffling the rudder and applying full back stick. After some practice, I'm managing To keep straight with only occasional wing dips or ground loops.