I am pretty good at landing most planes in IF. The only 2 I have trouble with are the 747 and the A380(the 2 biggest).
I land the same why I always do. I start descent about 5 minutes before landing, put flaps all the way down and put spoilers on flight, put engines on 1%, and I come in at 5,000 feet 2 minutes before landing. But I just can’t slow down enough. Please tell me what you do to land these big planes.
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Keep the speed between 145-150 light weight setting. Slow down early enough, by the time you’re final you should be on final approach speed.
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There are tutorials that you can search regarding calculating the correct descent time and rate. One of the many things to keep in mind with the big birds is their weight. If you’re having trouble slowing down you might look at coming in at not such a steep approach. You mentioned that you start descent five minutes before landing and that seems pretty steep to me. Before any descent make sure you bleed off some speed before you begin pointing the nose down.
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You shouldn’t start descending 5 minutes before landing, that’s way too early unless you’re doing a very short flight. But still, try and descend earlier.
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Thanks, I will try that. I do descend at a vertical speed of about 10,000fpm. But when I have the flaps down the speed stays the same.
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**A380 **
Approach
Airspeed : 195
Flaps : 0
VS : -2000
At 15 NM,
Altitude MSL : 5500
Reduce Airspeed to 160 Knots
Flaps : full at 175 Knots
At 10 NM,
Altitude MSL : 3500
At 5 NM,
Altitude MSL : 1400
At 0 NM,
Altitude MSL : 0
Enjoy!
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Thanks, that will help a lot.
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What?!?! That’s way to steep!! Your passengers will not be liking you one bit! VS for descent are typically around 2,000-3,000. I don’t even like doing 3,000. Flaps are to help the jet stay aloft as you bleed off speed, coming down at 10,000fps I imagine exceeds the performance specs of the plane. I’m sure one of our 747 or A380 gurus can weigh in on that.
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I’m just plain crazy!!😲
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I agree…i have great difficulty landing that B747…the A380 is no problem…but i do an approach with the B747 but when it’s time to land…this bird has a mind of its own and i get frustrated and just quit…
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I love flying the a380. Probably because I cant fly other planes because I only have live and not live+.
I’ve flown the a380 95% of the time in my time in the sim. So I’ve landed that thing in crosswinds and all.
Start you’re descent early enough that you only use -2000 fpm max. Don’t be afraid to go a little low at times, not too low, and use spoilers and flaps and pitch up, this should help you lower speed to the required 145-150.
Don’t increase flaps configuration until you’re speed is low enough. If you deploy them at a higher than required speed, you will basically ‘float’ upwards and will have a harder time descending and lowering speed.
Ditch the habit of -10,000fpm 😅
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Follow the glideslope from around 3000 feet with speed 180 until 10NM, then 160 knots until 6NM then 137-140 for until landing. you will be fine then :).
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This came from Laurens
Alright keep a gross weight of 249.476 kg.
Takeoff is with Flaps 10. Start rotating at 130 KIAS. Do not exceed 15° pitch attitude. Climb speed is 2.000 - 2.500 ft/min.
Descent speed is -2.500 - 1.000 ft/min.
Start deploying Flaps at 220 KIAS.
Final approach speed with Flaps 30 is 138 KIAS.
Start flaring at 40 ft and do not exceed 5° pitch attitude.
That’s all!
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By the time you reach the ILS/GPS feather you should be at about 3000 ft and at 145-140 kts AS, put down you gear as well when you reach the feather. Don’t put your flaps all the way down at the same time. Slowly put it down one setting at a time as you descend.
Defend about 7 mins early with 1000ft defend rate. I struggle abit with the 747 but try that method with A380 and it should work. My usual altitude is 10 000ft
That explains a lot, try -2000 fpm as a maximum.
lol do you know who you’re giving advice to/correcting 🌚
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Oh no no I didn’t mean that as a correction. I accidentally hit reply on his window, I meant to just reply to the topic. I’m not one to correct anyone around here by any means. I apologize quite sincerely @Aernout @MishaCamp
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I use a more realistic altitude at 32,000 feet.