September 12, 20214 yr Author Vlad, there is only one aircraft I fly consistently, the Lionheart Quest Kodiak. I have an easier time landing the float version because I do not have to line up with a runway. I learned to fly on floats so that might make it smidgen easier. My cockpit view is 50% so I can see out the window and my ASI and ALT are in easy view. I have Dell 30 or 31 inch curved monitor. I never miss the runway but I never land on the centerline. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
September 12, 20214 yr I'm sorry Noel, the last I can think about is to try to fly a coupled ILS to any rwy and then hand flown. Perhaps that might reveal something, most likely making corrections to stay on LOC and looking in and out will make it easier. I see that your cockpit view is at 50%, please try the outside view from 55% and progressively higher to see if is any better. Other than that I'm at the loss at this point, sorry. 747 Captain for the last 39 years, and still learning.
September 13, 20214 yr Author Vlad, I only started tis thread to see if other flight simmers who are also pilots found it easier to land a real aircraft than a sim one. I'm not looking to change anything on my set up as I have it now. But thanks for trying. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
September 13, 20214 yr I am stunned how much easier it was to land a real airplane than to land in a flight simulator. I was just thinking the same thing. I'm basing my experience on a Cessna 172. First, there's literally "the seat of your pants." I'll never forget the "feel" when my first good landing clicked--that little sink. (Probably not a factor in jetliners.) Peripheral vision plays a role, too--wonder if VR headsets made a difference? But my biggest problem is rudder control. There's probably an ideal setup (I use CH rudder pedals) but, wow, that's the big difference for me. Even a crosswind landing in a real airplane is--I find--easier than staying lined up in the simulator in calm winds. I've fiddled with sensitivities and null zones and FSUIPC and I've never been able to stay on the ball as well as in real life, or line up on the centerline as well. Rudder control seems to be all or nothing in the sim compared to real life. You're right, Noel, and I know this is not about fixes, but sometimes the old visual flight path feature is good training. And Kllthespam raises a good point. I can fly a blind, windy approach to a perfect landing in the CS 737-200 using the flight director. That tells me it's something to do with how I "see" the runway on a screen. There's a flip side to this, too. I started training after a lot of time in flight simulation. I think that was an advantage, but I had to unlearn some bad habits, like paying more attention to the instruments than the big picture and the way straight-and-level "looks" out the windscreen versus fixating on the needles. I don't know how many times my instructor had to remind me to look out the w o r d n o t a l l o w e d windows 😉
September 13, 20214 yr Author 42 minutes ago, Tim_Capps said: I don't know how many times my instructor had to remind me to look out the w o r d n o t a l l o w e d windows You got that right Tim! And keep those eyes moving. I do the same in the car when I'm driving even though I have all those wonderful gadgets that alert me to traffic. It's a rotation. Check the left side view mirror, check the rear view mirror, check the right side view mirror. My wife keeps asking me why I'm always moving my head around. The same wife who said she looked back, saw nothing, and backed into a FedEx truck. She said it pulled up after she looked back. Look back WHILE you're backing the (WNA) up. But she's an old mare with zero situational awareness. Noel Edited September 13, 20214 yr by birdguy The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
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