Hi all!Thanks for bearing with my dumb questions. Here's another set:1) If I "bounce" on landing, does this mean I am approaching too quickly?2) Taxiing - how? I either speed up too much and drive off the taxiway or I crawl round way too slow and turn way too tightly! Either way isn't very realistic! What's a good speed and how do I hold it? I usually fly the Cessna's.Cheers,Paul...

Bouncing is usually from landing too flat. ie. Your attitude is too low. Try keeping the nose up more. Landing is pretty much flying down the runway as low as you can and doing all that you can (without power) to keep the aircraft from touching the ground. It will go down by itself but the more you try and stop it the better the landing ends up.As for taxiing the most realistic method is to land as close as possible to your intended taxiway. If you are far away from the taxiway upon landing then don't slow down until you get near it.Speed.

2) Taxiing. Hop into the default Cessna 172 in the Clear All Weather theme (no wind). Position yourself so that you can practice taxiing onto a taxiway or runway straight ahead. Now slowly increase the throttle so the tachometer shows 1200 RPM. Be patient, as the engine takes a few seconds to match the throttle setting and get the airplane moving. If that doesn't move the airplane (though it should), try upping the RPM slowly until it does. After accelerating to a desirable taxi speed (being careful not to let it get too fast), back off the throttle to about 1000 to 1050 RPM. That should let you settle into a nicely paced taxi. Ease up slowly on the throttle and apply a little brake before entering turns. Remember to use small control inputs and think ahead, preparing the aircraft (airspeed, heading, attitude, configuration) for maneuvers before you enter them, both on the ground and in the air.Just my take as to what works for me, from a guy who isn't a real world pilot. The RW folks may be able to help you emulate actual aviation practice.Hope this helps,Kevin

Oh I see I read your 2nd question as relating to the first question, which is why my reply was about taxing after landing.I wouldn't worry about it being unrealistic too much, FS9 feels nothing like taxiing a real plane. Taxiing a real plane is very much like driving car (except your hands are doing the gas and your feet are doing the steering and brakes). You pretty much taxi around as you would drive around in a car. Some people are faster than others. When you have to brake too hard to make a corner or come to a stop, or your tires are skidding while turning then youre too fast. If you suddenly have 3 learjets on your tail then you are too slow.Speed.