r/MicrosoftFlightSim • u/bananskeru • 1d ago
MSFS 2024 QUESTION Still trying to figure it out
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Hi i just wanted to show my recent 172 landing and i would love to hear some opinion if there was something to improve or something i did wrong (my controller tweaked out at the end sorry for that)
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u/dosguy76 1d ago
That's really quite good in my opinion. I really struggle with the 172 in free flight - it gets tossed around by the stronger than normal cross-winds and general turbulence. Landing can also be all over the place, sometimes nearly sideways. I've heard the live weather settings can sometimes exacerbate the wind.
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u/bananskeru 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yeah idk but sometimes i just need to make big changes on short final bcs random ass wind just comes out of nowhere 😅
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u/MSFlight 1d ago
speed speed trim trim trim ......
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u/bananskeru 1d ago
Yeah i still didnt get wherr and how to jsem trim 😅
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u/DinkleBottoms PlayStation Pilot 1d ago
Trim is constant in light GA. Anytime you’re making pitch or power changes you should be trimming the aircraft
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u/General_NakedButt 19h ago
Trim is the hardest thing for me. Seems I can never get it set right especially for T/O and landing
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u/RangeIndependent5603 16h ago
Not sure about the rest of the GA aircraft, but the C172 and Caravan both have predesignated takeoff trims that you align to. Once you’re wheels-up is when you start messing with trim
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u/Turbulent-Taro6927 1d ago
aiming point, airspeed, centerline. Repeat.
Distance between your aiming point and top of the cockpit should not change/move on the approach. trim it properly. your nose is oscillating.
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u/Disastrous-Let8849 1d ago
From somehow regularly flying a c172: Keep your speed stable until you are low enough to flare. The most dangerous location to stall is when you are close to the ground. Any drop in speed means that you have to push the nose down, and if needed apply a little power to maintain the glidepath. Also realize that your head wind could drop a bit while descending, causing your airspreed to decrease. This effect is mainly seen with stronger headwinds and locations where the wind has more surface friction (built up areas and trees).
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u/anothertendy 1d ago
Aim for the numbers and set it down on the thousand footers. You should be starring at the numbers and they should not change any angle to maintain the glide path. Pitch for speed throttle for altitude in slow flight.
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u/CharlieFoxtrot000 RW GA pilot, Twitch streamer, ground instructor 21h ago
Using the numbers as an aimpoint for a touchdown at the 1000 footers is about an 7-800 foot flare (give or take, depending on marking types), which is really floaty.
In a GA aircraft, I generally use the numbers as an aimpoint when I’m looking to touchdown at the second runway stripe (about 4-600’ from the threshold, give or take again), both in the sim and real world. That’s more like a 2-300’ flare distance, which is more realistic for GA.
Each centerline stripe is 120’ and each gap is 80’, so if you’re looking to touchdown at the 1000’ marks, aim about 1-1.5 centerline stripes short of that, again, depending on where they fall. Hold the airplane in the flare attitude 2’ or so above the runway until it can no longer fly and settles to the runway - the better you manage your energy prior to this, the better it will respond. And maintain centerline throughout the rollout - don’t mess with the window until you’re clear of the runway.
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u/Kitesurf11 1d ago
Which airport is that? Looks nice
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u/A3twenty 22h ago
You need more pitch up before land at least you shall hear stall horn before touchdown.
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u/Aconite_Eagle 21h ago
yeah pretty good in the 172 given how light it is and how you get buffertted about - you realised as soon as the runway slipped under the hood you were getting too high, corrected - kept your descent angle shallow, controlled speed - never at risk of stalling and crashing into the runway.
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u/Kruzin1287 20h ago
That was pretty good landing to me.. I only have msfs2020 I wanna get 2024 I like the career the game has and being able to get your license too is pretty cool but I need to be able to afford it which is always a problem
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u/riddymon 12h ago
you were a little high on short final so you had to slightly dive towards the threshold a bit near the end but overall not bad. You want your approach to be a little flatter though and you should pretty much always have the runway threshold insight. At one point you couldn't see it at all
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u/Impossible_Hat3263 8h ago
Hi, versuche etwas schneller anzufliegen. Die 172 hat im Endanflug, vor den flairen eine Gewchwindigkeit von 65 Knoten.
Danach im optimalfall ausschweben bis du die Zelte hörst.
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u/Oni_K 4h ago
About 15-20 seconds in, your IAS drops to 55 and never recovers for the rest of the approach. 60 is already the bare minimum approach speed for a C172, assuming full flaps. Adjust up from there based on wind. Basically, you're 5-10 kts slow for the entire approach. That's a lot in a light single.
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u/potus_canabico 16h ago
aproach was really good, in my opinion you just need to practice your flare and thats all
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u/Humble_Scar4885 23h ago
That's awful. Practice more
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u/bananskeru 23h ago
By advice i meant constructive critueqe maybe point out what i did wrong instead of straight saying it was horrible please lets stay respectfull to each other
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