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How do Pilot land the aircraft safely

Postby Zaim » Fri Nov 13, 2009 8:24 pm

hello everybody. lets we talk about how aircraft landing. i'm not pilot but I've play FSX. so i juz learn landing using VOR and ILS landing. so now, i would like to ask. usually, what method is used by a pilot to land the aircraft. or maybe they have another method than VOR or ILS. so can we share here?..posting.php?mode=post&f=5#
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Re: How do Pilot land the aircraft safely

Postby warn8ty9yne » Sat Nov 14, 2009 1:40 am

are we talking bout widebody or light aircraft?i can share a bit bout light aircraft cause i'm flying one..bigger aircraft use almost the same concept but there's a lot more thing to do..to summarize,basically we use threshold as the aiming point,constant speed for approach on final..around 65-70 knots...with full flap..start with aiming point,we normally aim for the big numbers that indicating runway direction..it is close to the threshold..make sure the aiming point is constantly just above the aircraft nose..maintain speed(using power and attitude),maintain center line(using both rudder and ailerons)...then when u past the number,u should be low enough..fly straight and level,idle power while maintaining center line(again using small aileron control + rudder) and look at the end of the runway to feel the sink..u will notice you're sinking when u see on the horizon like u're falling straightly from the air..that is the moment where u flare...flare is where u pull a little bit on your control column to counter the sink and make the main wheel touchdown first..u never want to touchdown with all 3 wheels at once..just keep pulling ur control column,not too much so the aircraft won't float/balloon back on the air(which gonna result a hard landing..if u balloon do not hesitate to conduct a go around or to recover,add some little amount of power,fly straight level again,idle power then again flare)..then..poof..main wheel touch down..slowly let go the backpressure so the nose wheel touchdown on the runway..and start to brakes..there u go...now u safely landed.. ;) ;) good luck...sorry if i make it sound like complicated..but im just sharing what i know.. cheers..fly safe..
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Re: How do Pilot land the aircraft safely

Postby Zaim » Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:16 am

haha.. thanks for sharing. could i know how far in nautica mile the airplane start to straight with the runway? because sometime airplane come from the in front of runway. so it must to make round corner to the back of runway b4 land it. so juz want to know what is suitable displacement from the runway so that pilot can comfortly control the aircraft. maybe wide aircraft must have far so that it have a time to straight the body with the runway. one more, i saw circle red line around the airport in the GPS system. is that the line is my way to follow? sory of my mess sentence. hehe.. :)
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Re: How do Pilot land the aircraft safely

Postby warn8ty9yne » Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:58 am

depends on ur inbound direction and runway in use...if in bankstown aerodrome for example..there are 2 inbound reporting point which is prospect and 2RN...once ure there,contact tower to tell ur inbound tower gonna direct u either fly straight in runway 11 which u will come at 1000ft. or join circuit to land on runway 29...im not that good to explain what to do bout this..but what i can tell bout it is it depends on where r u going to land(Which airport) and what the controller instruct you...
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Re: How do Pilot land the aircraft safely

Postby Zaim » Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:40 am

owh.. one question here, the big number on the runway also have a meaning? what I know it is the heading. means if 30,it is 300 deg.right? er.. what is inbound direction? can u xplain it shortly about it so that I can explore more detail in internet later.
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Re: How do Pilot land the aircraft safely

Postby warn8ty9yne » Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:00 am

yep you r absolutely right...that is runway direction...09 mean heading 090 is the runway..normally we use it for aiming point...so its just for reference on approach...inbound direction is like the point where u report u r coming to land at the airport..u will contact tower telling that u r at these inbound point incoming...they will instruct u where to go from there..
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Re: How do Pilot land the aircraft safely

Postby Zaim » Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:30 am

o yeah right2. i've it when play FSX. the ATC will guide the pilot so that the aircraft will line up to the runway. but it's only when we set to IFR approach in filght plan(if not mistaken). hm.. how about glideslope? is there fix for any aircraft or not? so far, in FSX, I juz know to land the b747 that is, when 20nm from the threshold, the aircraft must in 2000ft altitude and full flap with 180knot. so is there same to another aircraft? I mean the altitude. :))
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Re: How do Pilot land the aircraft safely

Postby warn8ty9yne » Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:49 am

nope2...thats not same..we're not talking bout IFR flight..IFR flight is fully guided from takeoff to land..this is VFR flight..there's different procedures applied for the approach depend on the aerodrome itself..for example,GAAP procedures applied to bankstown aerodrome..where we have to report inbound point and everything..it's hard to explain cause there r lots of diff proc...the altitude won't be the same...as i said it depends..to simplify..everything is depends on the aerodrome procedures and type of your flight..anyone who have more experience might be able to explain further bout this...cheers buddy
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Re: How do Pilot land the aircraft safely

Postby Zaim » Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:47 am

thanks a lot fer the info! hehe.. ~away to FSX~ :cool:
anybody here also can share ur experience in landing. haha..

-- Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:03 am --

hello! I've a question here. how to calculate the rate of descend? so that I could land after the threashold accurately. is there has any formula?
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Re: How do Pilot land the aircraft safely

Postby Mr_Aviator » Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:58 pm

I already explain it inside Flight simmer's Talk
search for it
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