How do YOU land?

[ZQuickSilverZ]

Im just curious. How many of you prefer to do a hover landing and how many of you do a rolling landing (when available)? Also do you try to land on all the wheels at the same during a rolling landing or do you try to touch the back wheels first like a jet? I hear a rolling landing is much better for the helicopter maintenance wise. I guess its less stress on the rotors or something. Myself I prefer a Hover landing. To me its a bit more of a challange.

[topdog]

Hover landing, but I'm pretty aggressive at my approach to it, it's almost like a runway landing until a sharp 180 turn to bleed off speed and remaining low before dropping her down, which I'm sure breaks all sorts of aerial etiquette :)

 

I'm actually not very good at the controlled/stable decline-to-hover approach without gaining mucho altitude or ending up going seriously backwards. My method has nothing to do with ability! I will continue to practice at attempting/doing it the right way though as well, until I get it.

Edited March 3, 2010 by topdog

[Guest]

I usually land using the rolling method, but it always feels a bit awkward. Flaring is ineffective for generating upward vertical lift under a certain airspeed (at least speeds at which I'd be comfortable landing the helicopter) so I wind up just slowing down by pitching the nose up and using the collective to bring myself down.

[walker450]

I land like topdog. I come in like crazy and whip it around to bleed off speed and set it down. :)

 

I can do a nice and slow hover landing but I normally don't have that much patience or desire to do it.

 

I do enjoy performing fast rolling landings when at airfields... Its fun trying to make the helicopter land like a plane. :pilotfly:

[TKMR]

Depends how many of my choppers are littering the runway because I was screwing around when taking off. ;)

 

Usually I do a rolling landing at a runway.

 

FARPs or debris-filled runways, I do a hover landing.

 

Sometimes those hover landings don't go very smoothly and I end up pulling a topdog. ;)

[Grimes]

How do I land? Usually on-fire.

[EtherealN]

Usually a hovering landing, on the main gear, whereafter I carefully set the nose gear down and do whatever taxi I have to do to get properly parked. If it's a big airbase I sometimes do a rolling landing just for variation, but it's not common - I tend to go in towards the main and after crossing runway veer off to the parking area. (Not quite according to rules and regs.)

 

For FARPs I tend to call in to get a wind report and swing in towards the FARP against the wind, cross the T and expedite a gentle landing on my pad. (Never stay "in the way" for whomever comes after you longer than necessary.)

[71st_Mastiff]

I can do both if need be. :smoke:

[joey45]

Any landing that I can walk away from is a good landing.....

[Downey Jr.]

land? well if I make a good landing it usually takes about 2 hours..to land...or 1 minute when face slamming the ground and end up sideways next to the runway

[SKUNK]

I do a rolling takeoff/landing when in formation and on a FARP I use the T for touchdown and rearm to not get into collision when someone enters the server or respawns.

[BKLronin]

Usually from a hover position into a autorotation and then ending up with a soft slide forwards. Can´t remember I returned to base this year :P

 

ANd when I return like etheraln but without checking the wind coming slowly forward and descending to the farp than a bit correction and finally touch down as soft as I can.

 

Love the moment after the landing when I let off all the flightcontrols and finally breath again :)

[159th_Falcon]

How do I land? Usually on-fire.

:megalol::megalol::megalol::megalol:

 

Ill record a track after work. I always land in the direction that's most convenient to me unless i have noticed strong winds during the mission.

 

On a Hover landing to i tend to side slip a bit to the left so i can look down the

left window and keep an eye on the vertical speed indicator at the same time.

 

Hardly perform rolling landings cause i find taxiing to the apron take's to long, thus i hover taxi there instead.

 

:pilotfly::joystick:

[Luke.S]

i usually try to be soft on the ski... oh wait thats why it keeps exploding when i land :megalol:

[talisman]

Generally my landing are gental and a brilliantly relaxing experience. I float down to the ground with all of the grace of a falling leaf.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then i re-pack my parachute. :D

[GGTharos]

A hover landing requires a lot more power. Aside from being less stressful on the engines and rotors, it is also less safe than a rolling landing. If for any reason you lose an engine during a hover landing, you'll pancake straight down. During a rolling landing you'll continue on because your forward momentum also gives you lift.

 

And you should always touch down with the main gear first, regardless of the type of landing (in this helicopter, that is).

 

Im just curious. How many of you prefer to do a hover landing and how many of you do a rolling landing (when available)? Also do you try to land on all the wheels at the same during a rolling landing or do you try to touch the back wheels first like a jet? I hear a rolling landing is much better for the helicopter maintenance wise. I guess its less stress on the rotors or something. Myself I prefer a Hover landing. To me its a bit more of a challange.

[DarkWanderer]

How do I land?..

Well...

[MTFDarkEagle]

Depends on the situation :P I can do all the landings.

I most enjoy doing a hover landing, but for safety reasons (:P ya really) I do a 80-100 kmh landing

[ZQuickSilverZ]

Well DarkWanderer that is impressive. I think an a bomb would be just as effective though lol. But I guess the a bomb couldnt respawn so...........

 

Anyway great and funny pic.

[Bulletstop]

I can do either, if on a harden runway I will do a rolling, if at a farp I come in as instructed with about 3-8 knots of airspeed and set it on the H. Just depends on the situation.

I have to admit I find the percision more satisfing, but the rolling is just fun :)

 

Bullet

[BTTW-DratsaB]

I hover land, but use the auto decent switch, yeah I'm a wuss :D

[AlphaOneSix]

I do a 80-100 kmh landing

 

Woah, too fast! (Well, naturally do whatever works for you, but...)

 

The max landing speed for the Ka-50 is 80km/hr. In general, running landings are performed slightly above ETL speed, usually 30-50km/hr.

[104th_Crunch]

Land into the wind when you can, Check wind direction with PVI-800.

[airtom]

Woah, too fast! (Well, naturally do whatever works for you, but...)

 

The max landing speed for the Ka-50 is 80km/hr. In general, running landings are performed slightly above ETL speed, usually 30-50km/hr.

 

Correct. I also suggest speed about 30-50km/h for rolling landing. I like that very much! If you can land on runway, do rolling. In other cases do it from hover ;)

[Peyoteros]

Never got to land yet, always die before ...