Hi simmers 😃

From a last flight with the MD-11..

Flightplan: IFR MD-11_Narita Intl (RJAA) to Changsha Huanghua International Airport (ZGHA) RW18R  Flighttime: 4h 24m

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cheers 😉

 

 

 

 

That spectacular first shot really gets the trip off to a great start. And I also like that wing with flaps extended shot.

Superb shots bud! 😉 

Beautiful set of the MD-11!

Dude, your approach pitch and touch down pitch looks very realistic now😉. I can tell you are using flaps 50 though normal is 35. One of the most interesting things about flaps 50 is the low rumble and vibrations you get as the flaps slide into the 50 position. I only had to use flaps 50 operationally a couple of times. My 50s were normally done when teaching new peeps on training lines. They are good for short and contaminated runways. We had this thing called the landing attitude demo. We use it to give new peeps an idea of what the flare picture looks like. When in the training captain course, you had to accomplish it during your check flight. Here is how you do it.

As you come over the threshold, the threshold will normally drop from view at the 100FT call out. Since you are a long body, you aim 1500FT down the runway. For the PAPIs, you are looking for two pinks and two whites. The mains are way behind you and hanging low! Keep in mind that on an ILS, your nose(glide slope antennae) crosses at threshold height, the mains are crossing way lower. As you flare at 10% of your gross weight(400,000 = 40FT callout), you pull the power and ease it back in to stop the sink at 10FT and hold that 2 to 3 degree pitch change. As you are doing this, you are pointing out cues to your student and talking through what you are doing. You look down the runway and tweak the throttles and power to stay hovering above the runway. If you touch down, it's fine, but you may get a nuisance ground spoiler caution. This happens because the mains touched, spoilers went to 2/3, but the nose never compressed the weight on wheels switch. The system thinks there is an issue because the spoilers didn't go to full in the timing circuit period. As you see 2000FT remaining, push up to go around power and apply go around procedures. We use this demo because there is a lack of landing and peripheral references at the normal flare pitch. 

Nice shot always, brings back good memories!

Fantastic shots!  They all look so real and I too like the flaps down shot.

6 hours ago, G550flyer said:

Dude, your approach pitch and touch down pitch looks very realistic now😉. I can tell you are using flaps 50 though normal is 35. One of the most interesting things about flaps 50 is the low rumble and vibrations you get as the flaps slide into the 50 position. I only had to use flaps 50 operationally a couple of times. My 50s were normally done when teaching new peeps on training lines. They are good for short and contaminated runways. We had this thing called the landing attitude demo. We use it to give new peeps an idea of what the flare picture looks like. When in the training captain course, you had to accomplish it during your check flight. Here is how you do it.

As you come over the threshold, the threshold will normally drop from view at the 100FT call out. Since you are a long body, you aim 1500FT down the runway. For the PAPIs, you are looking for two pinks and two whites. The mains are way behind you and hanging low! Keep in mind that on an ILS, your nose(glide slope antennae) crosses at threshold height, the mains are crossing way lower. As you flare at 10% of your gross weight(400,000 = 40FT callout), you pull the power and ease it back in to stop the sink at 10FT and hold that 2 to 3 degree pitch change. As you are doing this, you are pointing out cues to your student and talking through what you are doing. You look down the runway and tweak the throttles and power to stay hovering above the runway. If you touch down, it's fine, but you may get a nuisance ground spoiler caution. This happens because the mains touched, spoilers went to 2/3, but the nose never compressed the weight on wheels switch. The system thinks there is an issue because the spoilers didn't go to full in the timing circuit period. As you see 2000FT remaining, push up to go around power and apply go around procedures. We use this demo because there is a lack of landing and peripheral references at the normal flare pitch. 

Nice shot always, brings back good memories!

Very cool!  I used to do the same thing on the ground with test equipment, that WOW switch was critical.  It must have been awesome to actually fly one.

13 hours ago, G550flyer said:

Dude, your approach pitch and touch down pitch looks very realistic now😉. I can tell you are using flaps 50 though normal is 35. One of the most interesting things about flaps 50 is the low rumble and vibrations you get as the flaps slide into the 50 position. I only had to use flaps 50 operationally a couple of times. My 50s were normally done when teaching new peeps on training lines. They are good for short and contaminated runways. We had this thing called the landing attitude demo. We use it to give new peeps an idea of what the flare picture looks like. When in the training captain course, you had to accomplish it during your check flight. Here is how you do it.

As you come over the threshold, the threshold will normally drop from view at the 100FT call out. Since you are a long body, you aim 1500FT down the runway. For the PAPIs, you are looking for two pinks and two whites. The mains are way behind you and hanging low! Keep in mind that on an ILS, your nose(glide slope antennae) crosses at threshold height, the mains are crossing way lower. As you flare at 10% of your gross weight(400,000 = 40FT callout), you pull the power and ease it back in to stop the sink at 10FT and hold that 2 to 3 degree pitch change. As you are doing this, you are pointing out cues to your student and talking through what you are doing. You look down the runway and tweak the throttles and power to stay hovering above the runway. If you touch down, it's fine, but you may get a nuisance ground spoiler caution. This happens because the mains touched, spoilers went to 2/3, but the nose never compressed the weight on wheels switch. The system thinks there is an issue because the spoilers didn't go to full in the timing circuit period. As you see 2000FT remaining, push up to go around power and apply go around procedures. We use this demo because there is a lack of landing and peripheral references at the normal flare pitch. 

Nice shot always, brings back good memories!

Rick,

The flight/landing ( with this pics ) was with the orginal flight_model file from Skysim ( not yet with your moded one ), by the way..

cheers 😉

On 1/16/2023 at 5:39 PM, John F said:

That spectacular first shot really gets the trip off to a great start. And I also like that wing with flaps extended shot.

 

On 1/16/2023 at 5:50 PM, Alaska738 said:

Superb shots bud! 😉 

 

On 1/16/2023 at 6:58 PM, Pugilist2 said:

Beautiful set of the MD-11!

 

On 1/17/2023 at 1:36 AM, Jack_Sawyer said:

Fantastic shots!  They all look so real and I too like the flaps down shot.

Thanks buddys !

..always appreciated.

cheers 😉

On 1/16/2023 at 7:05 PM, G550flyer said:

Dude, your approach pitch and touch down pitch looks very realistic now😉. I can tell you are using flaps 50 though normal is 35. One of the most interesting things about flaps 50 is the low rumble and vibrations you get as the flaps slide into the 50 position. I only had to use flaps 50 operationally a couple of times. My 50s were normally done when teaching new peeps on training lines. They are good for short and contaminated runways. We had this thing called the landing attitude demo. We use it to give new peeps an idea of what the flare picture looks like. When in the training captain course, you had to accomplish it during your check flight. Here is how you do it.

As you come over the threshold, the threshold will normally drop from view at the 100FT call out. Since you are a long body, you aim 1500FT down the runway. For the PAPIs, you are looking for two pinks and two whites. The mains are way behind you and hanging low! Keep in mind that on an ILS, your nose(glide slope antennae) crosses at threshold height, the mains are crossing way lower. As you flare at 10% of your gross weight(400,000 = 40FT callout), you pull the power and ease it back in to stop the sink at 10FT and hold that 2 to 3 degree pitch change. As you are doing this, you are pointing out cues to your student and talking through what you are doing. You look down the runway and tweak the throttles and power to stay hovering above the runway. If you touch down, it's fine, but you may get a nuisance ground spoiler caution. This happens because the mains touched, spoilers went to 2/3, but the nose never compressed the weight on wheels switch. The system thinks there is an issue because the spoilers didn't go to full in the timing circuit period. As you see 2000FT remaining, push up to go around power and apply go around procedures. We use this demo because there is a lack of landing and peripheral references at the normal flare pitch. 

Nice shot always, brings back good memories!

Rick,

Thanks for this detailed information about using the MD-11 flaps 50.

Sutch information from a real Pilot are always welcome 👍

cheers 😉