Landing issues in simulator mode

[spit73]

Thanks that helps.
I saw on another thread that it seems to be a bug. It said to brake when landing and rapidly pulling the left stick back and forth and it seems to prevent the plane flippiong. It seemed to work. Thanks so much.

[kozzm0]

It's not really a bug, Spitfires do that in real life.

The trick is not to decelerate too fast, and it works for all planes. Besides not dragging the tail through the flip-speed zone, it helps to increase throttle till you're cruising at 65kph, then reduce as slowly as possible. The slower you go from 65 to 50, the better. Once the speed is below 50 it's safe.

[Rosemeyer78]

Originally Posted by kozzm0

It's not really a bug, Spitfires do that in real life.

Ok, Spitfire probably is a beast really hard to landing ..

But with Spitfire MkII and a lot of practice, it is possible to land ..
raise the rear wing while you're slowing down is greatly helping to never point the muzzle and keep the back on the ground..

But with MkIX and MkXVI is impossible!
I tried hundreds of times in hundreds of different tactics in "training mode" and when the plane is on the ground.. always ends with his nose. I think it's really a bug ...


(another bug in the landings, for example, is when you land with La-5, La-7 or I153 ... you turn off the engine, and when they drove off, the engine sound disappears )

[BRIGGBOY]

Originally Posted by Rosemeyer78

Ok, Spitfire probably is a beast really hard to landing ..

But with Spitfire MkII and a lot of practice, it is possible to land ..
raise the rear wing while you're slowing down is greatly helping to never point the muzzle and keep the back on the ground..

But with MkIX and MkXVI is impossible!
I tried hundreds of times in hundreds of different tactics in "training mode" and when the plane is on the ground.. always ends with his nose. I think it's really a bug ...


(another bug in the landings, for example, is when you land with La-5, La-7 or I153 ... you turn off the engine, and when they drove off, the engine sound disappears )

no it is not i fly mkII and mkIX alll the time.

[Zatoichi_Sanjuro]

If you love Spitfires do not click : http://i48.tinypic.com/mm9yme.gif

[BRIGGBOY]

ouch i bet that hurt

[kozzm0]

Originally Posted by Zatoichi_Sanjuro

If you love Spitfires do not click : http://i48.tinypic.com/mm9yme.gif

that must have been Mirgervin, he dies that way more often than getting shot down

I guess it explains why he hasn't been online in a while

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rosemeyer remember when you've got a mk9 to slow down as slowly as possible. The quicker you decelerate through the tip zone, the more likely you are to tip. For spits I think it's somewhere between 45 and 60kph. If you cruise at 60, and then reduce power just a bit so the speed drops slowly to 40, your spit won't tip. If you use aviator layout, try temporarily cutting and restoring power, so you drop from 60 to 56, to 52, etc.

Your spit will still sometimes tip anyway. That's life. Tipping over at 40kph isn't gonna kill you or seriously damage the plane. You just need the ground crew to tip it back again.

[Rosemeyer78]

Originally Posted by kozzm0

Your spit will still sometimes tip anyway. That's life. Tipping over at 40kph isn't gonna kill you or seriously damage the plane. You just need the ground crew to tip it back again.

Unfortunately when I tip my spit, there's never anyone in the area willing to get back down my queue ... These slackers are all in the hangars playing poker, smoking Lucky Strikes and read Playboys ...