I can't land a jet.

Zeppelin35 · 03-11-2008, 07:58 PM

Ok I was training with the kashan training minimod and I was taking the A-10 Thunderbolt II for a ride. I can take off easily and get into a good position to attack most targets but I can't land to save my life. Everytime I either end up going to fast and crashing into something at the end of the run way, land just right but swerve off the runway and smash into the sandbags, or go too slow and hit the ground a few 100 meters before the runway.

My question is how can I land? What speed should I be at, what altitude, which precaustions should I take, etc.

Please help me.

Tef · 03-11-2008, 10:45 PM

Yea I can't land either.

Zeppelin35 · 03-11-2008, 10:55 PM

Well I figured out how to land but doing it is just insane. Basicly I have to have a speed of 1000 at the bottom right corner of the map and then right when I start seing the runway I need to be at an altitude of 80 and have a speed of 750 so I can drop onto the runway with a speed of 570ish.

I heard you could use afterburner on planes. Now I'm guessing if afterburner is in the game there could also be breaks (Yeah my logic is messed up) so I was wondering if afterburner and breaks are in the game what are the controls for them?

Tef · 03-11-2008, 11:56 PM

Read the manual they have instructions on it but I still can't land for $#!7.

Cascyth · 03-12-2008, 01:18 AM

PRACTICE - there are few ways to safely land a jet (such as basic flying in circles 1000m before the runway to reduce your speed), but the best way is to find it out on your own - this way you gain more experience, more flying hours.
Try experiencing with various speeds, distances.

good luck

Teek · 03-12-2008, 01:48 AM

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gclark03 · 03-12-2008, 09:20 PM

Actually, with enough practice, you can land without a runway on Kashan Desert. Landing is a matter of 'attaching' yourself to your aircraft; at some point, you will intuitively feel the speed at which it will drop out of the sky, and work around that speed to ensure that the wheels touch the ground before the fuselage.

Even then, we all make mistakes; don't be too cruel to yourself after you came in 200km/s too fast and made a nice hole in the HESCO sandbag wall. There's really not much more to say - practice, get used to it, and you'll eventually become skilled at it.

zangoo · 03-12-2008, 11:11 PM

well if you want to land you need to find a speed where the airplane will drop out of the air if you let off the engines but fast enough that you can still fly. for the f16 i say land at about 700-750, then when you are about 300m for the runway press s, try to make contact with the run way fast, but not too fast. then when you hit about 500 pull back and your nose should lift up and you will start to slow down very fast.

NerdyDodge · 03-15-2008, 07:23 AM

Another important thing to remember is that if you are on the ground but think you will be unable to stop before the end of the runway, get down to as lower speed as possible and bail out.

This stops the aircraft almost immediately and a thirty second respawn for you is far less of an inconvenience than a twenty minute wait for a new plane.

Tomato_With_A_Rifle · 05-20-2008, 04:33 PM

Do u fly with joystick or mouse? or only keyboard?

I personaly like and can only fly with keybord only. Your landing spead should be 600-500

When your 5 feet from landing pad put your thorttle down, and pull your nose up. Thats how i land. At full speed to get too 550ish u need to keep your thorttle down for 12 grid squeres

03-11-2008, 07:58 PM	#1
Zeppelin35 Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 79	I can't land a jet. Ok I was training with the kashan training minimod and I was taking the A-10 Thunderbolt II for a ride. I can take off easily and get into a good position to attack most targets but I can't land to save my life. Everytime I either end up going to fast and crashing into something at the end of the run way, land just right but swerve off the runway and smash into the sandbags, or go too slow and hit the ground a few 100 meters before the runway. My question is how can I land? What speed should I be at, what altitude, which precaustions should I take, etc. Please help me.
Zeppelin35 Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 79

03-11-2008, 10:55 PM	#3
Zeppelin35 Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 79	Well I figured out how to land but doing it is just insane. Basicly I have to have a speed of 1000 at the bottom right corner of the map and then right when I start seing the runway I need to be at an altitude of 80 and have a speed of 750 so I can drop onto the runway with a speed of 570ish. I heard you could use afterburner on planes. Now I'm guessing if afterburner is in the game there could also be breaks (Yeah my logic is messed up) so I was wondering if afterburner and breaks are in the game what are the controls for them?
Zeppelin35 Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 79

03-12-2008, 01:18 AM	#5
Cascyth Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 143	PRACTICE - there are few ways to safely land a jet (such as basic flying in circles 1000m before the runway to reduce your speed), but the best way is to find it out on your own - this way you gain more experience, more flying hours. Try experiencing with various speeds, distances. good luck
	TW & VoIP Ingame: WO1 ChrisG[EEF]

03-12-2008, 09:20 PM	#7
gclark03 Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 911	Actually, with enough practice, you can land without a runway on Kashan Desert. Landing is a matter of 'attaching' yourself to your aircraft; at some point, you will intuitively feel the speed at which it will drop out of the sky, and work around that speed to ensure that the wheels touch the ground before the fuselage. Even then, we all make mistakes; don't be too cruel to yourself after you came in 200km/s too fast and made a nice hole in the HESCO sandbag wall. There's really not much more to say - practice, get used to it, and you'll eventually become skilled at it.
gclark03 Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 911	"If you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains..."

03-12-2008, 11:11 PM	#8
zangoo Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: calgary,ab,canada Posts: 930	well if you want to land you need to find a speed where the airplane will drop out of the air if you let off the engines but fast enough that you can still fly. for the f16 i say land at about 700-750, then when you are about 300m for the runway press s, try to make contact with the run way fast, but not too fast. then when you hit about 500 pull back and your nose should lift up and you will start to slow down very fast.

	Last edited by zangoo; 03-12-2008 at 11:16 PM.

03-11-2008, 10:45 PM	#2
Tef Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Jamaica/ Canada Posts: 646	Yea I can't land either.

03-11-2008, 11:56 PM	#4
Tef Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Jamaica/ Canada Posts: 646	Read the manual they have instructions on it but I still can't land for $#!7.

03-15-2008, 07:23 AM	#9
NerdyDodge Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 13	Another important thing to remember is that if you are on the ground but think you will be unable to stop before the end of the runway, get down to as lower speed as possible and bail out. This stops the aircraft almost immediately and a thirty second respawn for you is far less of an inconvenience than a twenty minute wait for a new plane.
NerdyDodge Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 13

05-20-2008, 04:33 PM	#10
Tomato_With_A_Rifle Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 235	Re: I can't land a jet. Do u fly with joystick or mouse? or only keyboard? I personaly like and can only fly with keybord only. Your landing spead should be 600-500 When your 5 feet from landing pad put your thorttle down, and pull your nose up. Thats how i land. At full speed to get too 550ish u need to keep your thorttle down for 12 grid squeres
Tomato_With_A_Rifle Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 235

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