IRL I learned to aim for the numbers. It takes practiced to develop the skill. And there are consequences for not developing this skill. In IF it is very satisfying to try and achieve that same result. But there are no consequences for landing wherever you like on the runway, except for all the aircraft holding short who are watching you!
From what I learned, one shouldnât pursue an extremely small touchdown rate, as IRL it would cause the spoilers not extending as normal
Personally i would say smooth but deadlyâŠwhat would be the use of smoothening thingsup but kill everyone đ€Ł
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This is my saying hard and safe wins the raceđ
In terms of the user guide, itâs certainly going against the advice under âWhat is a Safe Landingâ in:
well I mean it is a smooth landing, but itâs definitely not a safe or good landing
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In real life, most pilots land most of the time a little bit past the touchdown zone. Sometimes, pilots do actually land in the touchdown zone. A good landing is one that has a low FPM, and one that you arenât slamming on the breaks to stop. If the runway is long enough, landing a little bit past the touchdown isnât that bad. If itâs a short runway and you land past the touchdown zone by a lot, then it can be dangerous. Just my opinion though! :D
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I wouldnât say most pilots land past the touchdown zone. You might be thinking of the white boxes as the âtouchdown pointâ but at least in airliners I believe that is usually more the aiming point which means you would always land a little past it since you flare. If you are consistently landing outside the touchdown zone which is usually described as the first 1/3 of the runway or first 3,000 feet (whichever is shorter) then that isnât a good thing. On most commercial runways you will have the other white boxes or white dashes on either side at 500 ft intervals. Whenever those stop you should be on the ground. Now for smaller general aviation operations usually the numbers are used as the aiming point and often the thousand foot markers are closer to the 1/3 mark since many smaller airports tend to be more in the 3,000-5,000 foot runway length range. Which means usually you are trying to land not much past them.
A higher level of skill is associated with the ability to command more control over the aircraft. To use someone elseâs words: âWhen youâre stabilized, on speed, and on glide path, you can touch down where you want.â
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The approach is underrated in a good landing. If you set yourself up right half the battle is done.
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I mean⊠a smooth landing after a long float is still a smooth landingâŠ
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Yes but not a good landing overall since smoothness is part of a good landing and it includes other things too such as touchdown zone etc
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The title says âsmoothâ, so I guess the answer is yesâŠ
Smooth â Good
As long as you dont bang the plane way too hard and land on the touchdown zone or around it which is ±200fts, its a good landing, its not really necessary to touchdown exactly on the touchdown zone, sometimes the plane tends to float on its own due the ground effect that is why there is another 200ft after the TDZ where we land and stop without using max braking. But as mentioned by others, if you cannot land even after that please go around. I know its a game but we must try to make it look professional. Thanks everyone
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So I have a good example of something like this that happened. I was Virgin 22Q landing at LHR from IAD and i landing on the last double stripes before the single stripes. In my book it was a acceptable landing so landing a little was fine with it because runway 27R at lhr is huge. If it was a shorter 10,000ft or less I would have gone around. The landing was smoothish and I stoped at the exit I was trying to get off at with MED auto brake. All said and done I knew I was ok for landing a little late because I have a habit of checking the runway lengths before landing
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Yes, I seen someone at Heathrow touch down halfway down the runway and I was just thinking that was such a bad landing even though it was completely smooth.
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Done this about 1,000 times lmao
Smooth landing? Yes! But good landing, definitely not. đ
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