spooner

hi all , been flying now almost a month, soloed 2 weeks ago and have figured out i have a mind problem on landings. i seem to land on the far side of runway or or to far away form myself. question being is this normal or am i thinking to hard about landing it just right? thanks spooner

den1tjb

A little of both. Just keep practicing. To this day I still hit odd parts of the runway. Practice will make you more confident and more able to make your plane do what you want it to do.

rc-sport

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Justgotr, been there done that. It's normal what your experiencing. I found that if I bring the plane alot closer then I think it should be it'll be right down the runway. Try it, if your to close then throttle up and go around.

Stratotanker

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When you are making your base leg to final point the nose of the plane right at you and it will almost always put you over the centerline at touchdown, of course it will not always work due to drift from crosswinds and such, you will eventually learn to overcome that as well but as den1tjb it will boil down to practice,practice and more practice. Stick with it, you will get it!

Chris

spooner

thanks for the great feedback. i thought it would get better with every try but just wanted to make sure. thanks again,... spooner

lookinup

Sounds just like me when I was learning. It took a couple of months before I started hitting the center of the runway. I wasn't afraid of hitting myself with the plane but I was afraid of hitting someone else. It was all mental for me and I got lucky one day and was at the field with only my flying buddy and we just took off and landed all day. Eventually I got off the grass and onto the runway. What a great feeling. Shortly after that I did my first loop and was actually laughing and giggling out loud. it's great when you progress and each step you make increases the level of fun. Oh yeah and don't feel bad if you hit the grass every so often everybody has interesting landings.

rajul

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How do you guys find the RF G2 simulator in practising landings ?

vegas mossie

hey spooner, lost any more props? i got my 46 installed today, will get it tested and flying by this weekend. Loren

sedunster

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I find it harder to judge than the real thing. I dont think the window is large enough to see the plane clearly and keep a good perspective on the ground and runway.

lookinup

I agree with sedunster. It has been my experience with G2 that I can't get the same "feel" looking at a 15 inch monitor than I can actually being at the field. I think it is similar to actually landing but the perspective screws me up.

den1tjb

Characteristics are the same, but like stated, I can't ever seem to fly a correct "pattern" and line up with the runway right.

adrian-RCU

practice touch and goes ,lots of them .

Geistware

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I know this is an old post but I wish to respond. I have only one good eye and it has taken me over 400 flights to figure out that "MY" best chance at landing a plane where I want to is to get the plane just above stall speed and fly it with rudder and correcting with aileron to get the plane to the part of the field I want to go to then slowly reduce throttle to get the plane to come down. Now that I have found this, I feel like I have accomplished something BIG

DBCherry

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Well congrats Geistware!

I would imagine that landing where you want to with limited depth perception would be a big accomplishment.

I say a thank you every day for my health and my eye sight.

Dennis-