When I land my a380, I touch down, start slowing down, then all of a sudden I’m starting to turn left or right Majorly. Then i start spinning around. Please help! I want to land normally without spinning around. Thanks a lot for any advice!
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Sounds like your landing too fast. I see a lot of this on Playground. People come in way to fast, hit front gear first, then main and then spin out of control.
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How fast are you landing? What is the wind setting? Are you being overly aggressive with the rudder?
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Landing between 120-200 kts. I’ve turned off the wind completely
If I’m not mistaken, I believe 200 kts is tooooo fast for landing.
200 is crazy crazy fast. You should be going around if you’re at that speed.
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Oh ok. Thanks👍
You should never be landing above 155 kts. Generally 140-150 is fine for the A380. What are you doing with the rudder during touchdown? Are you flaring correctly?
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I know. I try to slow down. Even with spoilers. Still toooo fast
It might be your decent rate too that plays a factor in you not slowing down enough.
How fast do you descend? Ideally you shouldn’t exceed -2000 fpm.
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Also, if you can provide a video or photos of your landing, that would help immensely.
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Slow down earlier, you can’t be impatient with a few hundred tonnes of metal and people.
I suspect it’s a mixture of these things:
- Too fast on approach/landing
- Over correction with rudder
- Flaring at incorrect time
- Not correcting for the wind
- Descent rate too great
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Let me know if that doesn’t work and I’ll show you how to land
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