Usual flap setting for landing?

[Ourgas2 3]

Hi all,It surely must have been coverted but:What is the usual flap setting for landing? 30 or 40?In real world? Thanks,Christos

[Chock 17,769]

Usually 30 for most airports. More than that would be for short runways, steep approaches or other unusual circumstances. It's not worth using flaps forty on an approach to a runway that does not require it; you'll use more fuel with a higher flap setting (and make a lot more noise too), because you need more thrust to overcome the drag. It is also not recommended when there is a wind gradient, since it adds to the inertia you'll need to overcome if the airspeed drops, which is risky because of the uneven linear spool-up range of the CFM-56. Al

[Houghton11 12]

This isn't the right thread but Al...your sigs are brilliant. We need a thread with all those great pics...haha

[Chock 17,769]

I'd prefer to have that switch rather than a radar in the next SP, just so I could watch the AoA video explanation of it I can see it now... Welcome to NGX Lesson 20: Attacking an exhaust port in large heavily defended trench on a space station, with particular attention to whether to turn off your HGS attack computer and pretending you are bagging womp rats back home in Beggar's Canyon. Al

[ACA034137 37]

Just in case us FSNs aren't nerdy enough, Star Wars references!

[Chock 17,769]

Just in case us FSNs aren't nerdy enough, Star Wars references!

The Force is strong in this one... Which reminds me, when will there be an FMC database update? I can't seem to find Alderaan in it for some reason... Al

[joe blocky 0]

does the flaps and spoilers on the ngx run 'through' fsx or are they disablebled and oporate totally independant from fsx a bit like pmdg 747 on fs9???i dont to have difficuites using a throttle quad! Mr Joe Broadman

[Chock 17,769]

I presume they work via fsx, or at least that's the way it seems because the default commands will operate them. Al

[FishermanIvan 110]

The Force is strong in this one... Which reminds me, when will there be an FMC database update? I can't seem to find Alderaan in it for some reason... Al

It is updated. Alderaan was deleted from the database after "A New Hope".

[Chock 17,769]

Aah, that'll be why then, I was using Episode FMC U10.7, revision 2: Return of the LNAV Al

[MrKen 3]

Invalid waypoint, ndb removed by WMD.

[victorlima01 2]

Invalid waypoint, ndb removed by WMD.

haha good one.

[Chock 17,769]

Princess Leia: PMDG, only you could be so bold. Imperial Airlines will not sit still for this. When they hear you've removed an initial approach fix from my database... Darth Vader: Don't act so surprised, Your Highness. You weren't on any manual descent profile this time. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by ILS. I want to know what happened to the approach plates they sent you. Leia: I don't know what you're talking about. I am a member of Imperial Airlines on a chartered holiday flight from Malaga... Darth Vader: You are a part of a low cost airline that doesn't have a full suite of avionics and a traitor! Take her away! Daine Jir: Holding over this NDB using CWS is dangerous. If word of this gets out, it could generate sympathy people who don't use the FMC properly... Darth Vader: I have traced the approach plates to her. Now she is my only link to finding their secret runway. Daine Jir: She'll die before she'll give you a clearance. Darth Vader: Leave that to me. Send a distress signal, put the transponder on 7500, and inform the Senate that all on board were in cheap seats that don't recline fully... Nahdonnis Praji: Lord Vader, the approach plates are not aboard this ship, and no transmissions were made. A cheap holiday souvenir stuffed donkey was jettisoned during the fighting. No life forms were on board. Darth Vader: She must have hidden the approach plates in the stuffed donkey. Send a detachment down to retrieve them; see to it personally, Commander. There'll be no one to stop us this time! Al

[MrKen 3]

Darth Vader: She must have hidden the approach plates in the stuffed donkey. Send a detachment down to retrieve them; see to it personally, Commander. There'll be no one to stop us this time! Al

HAHA!! My brain is waaay too dirty for this forum. Just thought up at least a dozen rejoinders that would get me instantly banned if I had the nerve to post one...

[Chock 17,769]

Well I was going to make a joke about the plans being up the ''&@($*'', but decided not to. It's best left to the imagination. Anyway, back on topic, flaps thirty. Al