Any tips on how to land a fixed wing aircraft backwards? :help:

Strong headwind. :DHook

^ What he said

Any tips on how to land a fixed wing aircraft backwards? :help:

Okay, I am flumuxed and am dying to ask... Why would you want to do that? Tailwheels and skids make for really bad first touch down points on most a/c. Unless of course you are flying a helicopter... And then a backward landing is even more ate up with dumb or is subject to interpretation as to which way is "forward"... :Nerd:

Um, because it's fun? There's an achievement for doing it.I had a glitch during beta where an 84 knot gust got stuck and stayed with me to the ground. Landing was... interesting... in the Icon.Hook

Okay, I am flumuxed and am dying to ask... Why would you want to do that? Tailwheels and skids make for really bad first touch down points on most a/c. Unless of course you are flying a helicopter... And then a backward landing is even more ate up with dumb or is subject to interpretation as to which way is "forward"... :Nerd:

If you can land main wheels first going forward, you can land main wheels first going backwards. No need to make the tail wheel hit first just because you're not traveling in the direction the Designer intended.

Thanks guys.Can't nail it though. Tried in 29 kts headwind and it looks like the plane actually is going backwards when it lands but no achievement. Used the open canopy as "sail" too. :shok:Seems Storm Cells creates the fastest wind. Or did I miss a preset or something that creates even faster wind? :search:

I'm kind of wondering how to manoeuver my A/C into position in order to touch down like that, without landing sideways and skidding.

It's easy to get the "backward" achievement !Just fly the Maule landing challenge 6. (make sure NOT to crash !!)Fred