extracted Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 I have been practicing crosswind landings. I have been playing DCS for about a week and 1/2 now. I can touch down in about 3-7 m/s crosswinds 'most of the time'. I assume I am getting lucky and am still doing this wrong. I have posted 2 videos to youtube. Any comments or tips would be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Zach Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Looks good to me. Crack open the manual. There is a brief section on crosswind landings. 1 Hardware: T-50 Mongoose, VKB STECS, Saitek 3 Throttle Quadrant, Homemade 32-function Leo Bodnar Button Box, MFG Crosswind Pedals Oculus Rift S System Specs: MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS, RTX 3090, Ryzen 7 5800X3D, 32GB DDR4-3200, Samsung 860 EVO, Samsung 970 EVO 250GB Modules: AH-64D, Ka-50, Mi-8MTV2, F-16C, F-15E, F/A-18C, F-14B, F-5E, P-51D, Spitfire Mk LF Mk. IXc, Bf-109K-4, Fw-190A-8 Maps: Normandy, Nevada, Persian Gulf, Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pocketedition Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 I cannot find fault at all, for a week and half you doing great. I cannot see you doing anything wrong, I can see what I'm doin wrong. I thought it was strange them making runways 20 yards long and a mile wide! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolga Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) Looks pretty good, here is the Airplane flying handbook section on landing: https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/airplane_handbook/media/10_afh_ch8.pdf I has some good stuff on crosswind. EDIT: It has some good stuff on crosswind. Edited February 24, 2018 by kolga "Long life It is a waste not to notice that it is not noticed that it is milk in the title." Amazon.co.jp review for milk translated from Japanese "Amidst the blue skies, A link from past to future. The sheltering wings of the protector..." - ACE COMBAT 4 "Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight"-Psalm 144:1 KJV i5-4430 at 3.00GHz, 8GB RAM, GTX 1060 FE, Windows 7 x64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromhunt Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) In the mission editor, in the mission options, you have to deactivate "simplified flight model", it's too easy. Like that the wind will be effective and it will be a little more difficult.is not it? Edited February 22, 2018 by cromhunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swatstar98 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Remember, more wind coming from the front, less speed you need the have lift enough. Chinook lover - Rober - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extracted Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 Overall very nice already. Things would be easier if you would apply the correct wind correction angle and if you would fly a constant airspeed on final. 1. In your videos you are aiming directly at the runway, but since you know that you have a crosswind from the left you should adjust the heading so that the nose points to the left. That way you don't get blown away from the runway centerline and you don't have to start turning at the last second. 2. Alternatively you can aim at the runway, but in this case you have to apply a constant slight bank angle to the left and right rudder to maintain the runway track. In both cases it's easier with a constant airspeed because if the speed constantly decreases on approach, you have to constantly apply more crosswind correction which complicates the task. I have been having a horrible time trying to figure out how much aileron to use to offset the wind blowing me off course. That's why I started just aiming at the runway, and when I get about 50 feet I guess from it I then make the corrections. About that distance its simple for me to see how much I need at that point. I just need more practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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