ORIGINAL: ArmyADub
. . . . I can't believe how easy it was to land. I could pretty much drop the throttle completely off, and just use the elevator to land it super slow and gentle, right on the wheels.
Boy. Simulators are great things!
You are wise not to believe the "real" ones will land that easy. That's because IME the simulators land unrealistically easy. Never a crosswind gust, engine cut-out, tip stall, wind drop or eddy current, bump in the grass, encroaching plane sharing the airspace or Monokote eating corn and weeds. Just amazing.
If only they were so easy in real life. But then where would be the excitement?