reschke Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Someone needs to buy stock in Firestone, Goodyear, Continental, Michelin, Pirelli, etc... if I am going to be playing this game I am going to run out of tires and airframes before I get a complete Campaign finished. Warthog #1397...compliments of SimHQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Track? Tim "Stretch" Morgan 72nd VFW, 617th VFS Other handles: Strikeout (72nd VFW, 15th MEU Realism Unit), RISCfuture (BMS forums) PC and Peripherals: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/RISCfuture/saved/#view=DMp6XL Win10 x64 — BMS — DCS — P3D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay82 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 1. make sure anti skid is enabled be4 braking. 2. land softer :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTFDarkEagle Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 ^that probably :P Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spetz Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 2. land softer :P Awesome answer..:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reschke Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 That is about what I expected in the form of an answer. Thanks guys you are almost the best but not quite. :D Warthog #1397...compliments of SimHQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracer2k Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 well without a track, it's pretty hard to point out what you are doing wrong.. WOOOOoooooo ------------------------------------------------------ AMD Phenom II x6 1090T 3.2GHz Black edition 8GB DDR3 1333 GeForce GTX580 Windows 7 64bit ------------------------------------------------------ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTFDarkEagle Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 ^that Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chops Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 (edited) Try adjusting your seat height upward. In a real jet, if your seat is not adjusted properly, it can result in hard landings. Seat height can affect your visual cues during a landing. Also, in this sim it may help to move your view forward (zoom in) a little, sort of like moving your seat forward in a real jet. Also make sure you are on-speed.....a correct landing speed with a stabilized, fairly shallow rate of descent. Be fully configured - flaps full, gear down, and on-speed 5 miles out from touchdown. Edited January 31, 2011 by Chops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docehrenhoefer Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Before touchdown, trim that the AOA is on the circle. Now use the throttle to put you gently on the tarmac: Aim at the touchdown point of the runway, when approaching the runway let the vector slowly wander to the end of the runway. Then throttle away approx. 20 feet above ground. Airbrake out and touchdown! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobius1 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Focus on staying on AOA on final and roundout and flare a little before you think you should, then put the FPM on or a little below the horizon line with the throttles at idle, speedbrakes out, and flaps fully down. The jet will stop flying as you slow down and you should settle smoothly. Stupid thermals... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonecrow66 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 What is the decent rate that is good for a landing anyway? I always thought they measured how much a gear could actually take and how much a tire as well. I love that touch but generally I think the gear damages first before a tire would blow unless you were sideslipping badly. Like in the manual it does state the best climb / decent rate speed how many ft/s etc that I could find. I remember in older sims landing on carriers you had to keep it to a certain range to account for the pitching deck could sometimes add more strain on the gear.. --- May your takeoffs equal your landings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris_badinov Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Make sure your rate of descent is -3 or less and flare before you touch down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobo Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Your landing is only as good as your approach. Get a nice stabilized approach. Be on speed on AOA and remember to flare. Lobo's DCS A-10C Normal Checklist & Quick Reference Handbook current version 8D available here: http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/172905/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reschke Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 Yeah I don't have a problem with the AOA my problem is with the speed and a little...well a LOT more wobble and waggle in the wings when I am coming in and probably more speed than I should have. As for a track...yeahhhhh I haven't quite gotten the guts to film what I am actually doing since this is my first foray back into modern aircraft after A LONG time flying prop cartoon planes in Aces High. Those puppies are a lot more forgiving when you go slamming into a carrier deck in an FSO trying to defend the carrier from the incoming bad guys. Warthog #1397...compliments of SimHQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigherm Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Flaps and speed brake will help with the "wobble and waggle" NEW DCS:A-10C Flight Wing - 76th TFW - http://www.tf-blackjack.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weaponz248 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Yeah I don't have a problem with the AOA my problem is with the speed and a little...well a LOT more wobble and waggle in the wings when I am coming in and probably more speed than I should have. As for a track...yeahhhhh I haven't quite gotten the guts to film what I am actually doing since this is my first foray back into modern aircraft after A LONG time flying prop cartoon planes in Aces High. Those puppies are a lot more forgiving when you go slamming into a carrier deck in an FSO trying to defend the carrier from the incoming bad guys. Ah its all good man. Posting a track can only help you out in the long run. Most the guys here can be real helpful. As for your speed and wobble. My normal touchdown speed is about 120 knots. I have landed at 150 knots with out a problem. My biggest issue is pitch. Make sure your flaps are down all the way and then I normally bring the gear down when i get finally clearance from ATC, which is when the tell you to verify gear down. Best thing to do is get a good long approach till your comfortable with landing. Slow and steady and you cant go wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTFDarkEagle Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 As for a track...yeahhhhh I haven't quite gotten the guts to film what I am actually doing ... Not needed actually, dcs automatically saves a track file of the previous flight (in the installation folder, I can look up the exact location when I'm home later today). If you upload that here, we can have a look to give you a few pointers :) Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recoil17 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Watch your Verticle Velocity Indicator. While you are on the glideslope you should be at -500 Feet Per Minute. Once you flare your aircraft before touchdown you should be less than -500 FPM. I'm not sure what the actual touchdown VVI descent should be. Anything below -500 FPM would presumably be good. "Simultaneous selection of fuel dump and afterburner during high AOA maneuvering may cause fuel to ignite with resulting fuselage damage." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixBvo Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 The VVI has quite a delay and can only be used to verify steady descent rates. While flaring look at your total velocity vector symbol in the HUD and place that just a tad below the horizon line (anything below the horizon means descent). [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] CPU i7 4970k @ 4.7 GHz RAM 16GB G.Skill TridentX 1600 ATX ASUS Z97-PRO DSU Samsung 850 PRO 256GB SSD for Win10, Plextor M6e 128GB SSD for DCS exclusively, RAID-1 HDDs GFX Aorus GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Xtreme Edition, ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q, 27" with G-Sync, Oculus Rift CV1 HID TM HOTAS Warthog + 10 cm extension, MFG Crosswind pedals, TrackIR 5, Obutto oZone My TM Warthog Profile + Chart, F-15C EM Diagram Generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixBvo Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 BTW: I will wager I can touch-and-go at any speed within the flight envelope without blowing a tyre. Anyone don't believe me? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] CPU i7 4970k @ 4.7 GHz RAM 16GB G.Skill TridentX 1600 ATX ASUS Z97-PRO DSU Samsung 850 PRO 256GB SSD for Win10, Plextor M6e 128GB SSD for DCS exclusively, RAID-1 HDDs GFX Aorus GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Xtreme Edition, ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q, 27" with G-Sync, Oculus Rift CV1 HID TM HOTAS Warthog + 10 cm extension, MFG Crosswind pedals, TrackIR 5, Obutto oZone My TM Warthog Profile + Chart, F-15C EM Diagram Generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sn8ke Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 My smoothest landings on a flight sim have been with dcs a-10c Asus ROG Maximus X Apex//Core I7 8700K @ 5.3Ghz //32GB DDR4 RAM//Asus 3090 RTX//4K monitor w/ TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobek Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 BTW: I will wager I can touch-and-go at any speed within the flight envelope without blowing a tyre. Anyone don't believe me? I don't. For starters, i doubt you'll even be able to extend the landing gear. :D Good, fast, cheap. Choose any two. Come let's eat grandpa! Use punctuation, save lives! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixBvo Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Who said I was going to extend the landing gear? :D [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] CPU i7 4970k @ 4.7 GHz RAM 16GB G.Skill TridentX 1600 ATX ASUS Z97-PRO DSU Samsung 850 PRO 256GB SSD for Win10, Plextor M6e 128GB SSD for DCS exclusively, RAID-1 HDDs GFX Aorus GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Xtreme Edition, ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q, 27" with G-Sync, Oculus Rift CV1 HID TM HOTAS Warthog + 10 cm extension, MFG Crosswind pedals, TrackIR 5, Obutto oZone My TM Warthog Profile + Chart, F-15C EM Diagram Generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixBvo Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Seriously, The damage model allows you to touch the ground and get away without anything other than some scratched paint;) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] CPU i7 4970k @ 4.7 GHz RAM 16GB G.Skill TridentX 1600 ATX ASUS Z97-PRO DSU Samsung 850 PRO 256GB SSD for Win10, Plextor M6e 128GB SSD for DCS exclusively, RAID-1 HDDs GFX Aorus GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Xtreme Edition, ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q, 27" with G-Sync, Oculus Rift CV1 HID TM HOTAS Warthog + 10 cm extension, MFG Crosswind pedals, TrackIR 5, Obutto oZone My TM Warthog Profile + Chart, F-15C EM Diagram Generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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