Floating on landing
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Is it me or the plane floats a lot on landing. Sometimes it’s a couple bounces before fully touch down and you need to put the yoke really down for the front landing gear to touch down
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Check that your VREF speed is correctly set for your landing weight. And do you fully open the speedbrake manually (it is not automatic) when you are over the runway threshold?
Are you in MSFS 20 or 24? I currently only fly 20 because I think 24 is not reliable enough at this time, still needs time. Maybe it has something to do with that if you are on 24.
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Check that your VREF speed is correctly set for your landing weight. And do you fully open the speedbrake manually (it is not automatic) when you are over the runway threshold?
Are you in MSFS 20 or 24? I currently only fly 20 because I think 24 is not reliable enough at this time, still needs time. Maybe it has something to do with that if you are on 24.
@Rhinozherous said in Floating on landing:
Check that your VREF speed is correctly set for your landing weight. And do you fully open the speedbrake manually (it is not automatic) when you are over the runway threshold?
Are you in MSFS 20 or 24? I currently only fly 20 because I think 24 is not reliable enough at this time, still needs time. Maybe it has something to do with that if you are on 24.
Yes everything you said I did correctly including the approach speed. I am on 2020 because 2024 is unstable mess.
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Is it me or the plane floats a lot on landing. Sometimes it’s a couple bounces before fully touch down and you need to put the yoke really down for the front landing gear to touch down
@nikita_567 same behaviour here...but I would describe it more like the nose rising again after MLG touchdown and activation of the lift spoilers.
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@nikita_567 same behaviour here...but I would describe it more like the nose rising again after MLG touchdown and activation of the lift spoilers.
@BAEflyer said in Floating on landing:
@nikita_567 same behaviour here...but I would describe it more like the nose rising again after MLG touchdown and activation of the lift spoilers.
Exactly that’s what I meant
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I must admit I have never felt the plane to be too floaty - of course, the flaps provide a lot of lift even in low speeds. 50ft above threshold speed brake out, 20ft throttles idle, slight flare (truly just a slight one) and fly the plane to the touchdown zone and it will usually settle just fine. I have my joystick sensitivities set on -30% pitch on both up and down, so it allows me to flare quite sensitively. But I use ActiveSky always, so maybe they simulate the winds a little better for the plane, I dunno.
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@BAEflyer said in Floating on landing:
@nikita_567 same behaviour here...but I would describe it more like the nose rising again after MLG touchdown and activation of the lift spoilers.
Exactly that’s what I meant
@nikita_567 try waiting a little until bringing out the spoilers. If you raise them to early (before the nose gear settling in) it induces said behaviour...
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@nikita_567 try waiting a little until bringing out the spoilers. If you raise them to early (before the nose gear settling in) it induces said behaviour...
@BAEflyer said in Floating on landing:
@nikita_567 try waiting a little until bringing out the spoilers. If you raise them to early (before the nose gear settling in) it induces said behaviour...
Oh I see. I will try. Thanks
