Dash-8 Q400 landing speed?

#1

What’s the best landing speed for the Q400 with full flaps? I feel like it’s the hardest airplane to land in the game. When I try to flare, I start to gain altitude; however when I try to slow the speed I stall. When I do manage to get the aircraft on the ground the landing gear usually collapses (I guess I come in too quickly).

I don’t have any problems landing any other planes, just can’t get the q400 landing down! Tips would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

Do any of you have trouble with this airplane too?

#2

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#3

I don’t have this plane, but I know it’s definitely not the hardest plane to land in the game. That would have to be the Spitfire. :)

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#4

That is crazy fast, especially for the size of the aircraft. With full flaps, there’s no way you can land at 150 knots without wrecking.

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#6

Check here:

http://community.infiniteflight.com/t/infinite-flight-march-update-is-here/27796

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#7

Right before touch down I’ve heard you pull up and give a bit of power

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#8

I rarely use any of the military aircraft in the game. When I do, it’s usually the F-16. Maybe the Dash q400 isn’t the hardest in the game, but I’d say it’s arguably the hardest commercial aircraft to land in the game.

#9

You cannot flare while at 150 knots. It’s too fast and you will climb instead of flaring.

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#10

I do 125 or 150. Depending on the weight

#11

The link provided valuable information that I will use. Thank you.

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#12

No problem. See you around.

#13

How do you land at 150? The aircraft will climb at that speed, so I don’t see how it’s even possible to flare the aircraft when going that fast. Even for much bigger jets like the Boeing 737, that’s still a fast landing speed (normal landing speed for the 737 is 140 knots)

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#14

Please see the landing guide I made for the dash 8 Q400

#15

I have already obtained the information I needed to land it properly, but I’ll take a look regardless.

Thank you!

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#16

First if all you do not land with full flaps in the Dash on a normal occasion. You land with 15 degrees flaps. With 15 I usually end up touching down at about 100 kts. If you were to use full flaps you could get to speeds like 92 knots without stalling.

#17

The correct speed for a full flap landing (flap 35) is 97 knots

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#18

Yeah thanks, I was informed that with the Dash 8 you do not land with full flaps unless making a steep approach - a little odd, but makes sense considering it’s a very light aircraft.

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#19

That is impossible without crashing. I land the 737 at a slower speed than that. I’ve touched down at a mere 88 knots one time in the Dash just to test how slow it could actually go.

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#20

The steep approach thing is correct. Usually I slow down to that speed at 2 miles away from the runway