Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!um-math!sharkey!cfctech!teemc!hpftc!zardoz!henry.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!rutgers!cbmvax!ken From: ken@cbmvax.UUCP (Ken Farinsky - CATS) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Falcon Upgrade Message-ID: <7786@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 30 Aug 89 21:21:42 GMT References: <5167@alvin.mcnc.org> <9010001@hpfcso.HP.COM> <6261@watdcsu.waterloo.edu> Reply-To: ken@cbmvax.UUCP (Ken Farinsky - CATS) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 45 In article <6261@watdcsu.waterloo.edu> tknight@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (T.Knight - Computing Services) writes: >In article <9010001@hpfcso.HP.COM>, daq@hpfcso.HP.COM (Doug Quarnstrom) writes: >> The Upgrade is pretty fun. Flying the plane is easier because of >> the auto leveling feature. I still crash about 80% of the time >> on landing. Can anyone suggest how to improve this. Landing seems to >> be a bit easier on the upgrade, but still hard enough to be extremely >> annoying. > > Speaking about landing, I'm ready to throw disks, manuals, joystick, ... >I can land just about every time on captain level but on Major I think I've >landed 10 times out of 200 or more tries. Anyone out there able to land >with some regularity. Could you please give me some tips. What, you want to land the plane too? I'm using the 'old' version, and (flying at major level), tend to land about half the time. The only secrets that I know are: 1) use a long approach. 2) come in well below the ILS beam - it is too high! 3) don't use breaks or flaps, control speed with the power and the angle of the plane. You have to adjust the power a lot during approach. 4) keep your speed between 100 and 150, angle about -10 to -15. 5) at about 150 feet bring the angle up to between -5 and 0. even if you point the nose up slightly, the plane will come down slowly. bring up the power to keep your speed up. watch the digital altitude indicator to get exact height. 00000 = runway. 6) pray that you don't run out of runway. 7) try not to be overloaded when you land - use up a lot of fuel and weapons during your flight. 8) give up often and go around for another try--don't land if it does not look right! 9) put the breaks and flaps on and cut power as soon as you hit the runway. I don't use the wheel breaks, every time I do I die. --good luck-- -ken. -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Ken Farinsky -- CATS Commodore Business Machines PHONE 215-431-9421 UUCP ...{uunet,rutgers}!cbmvax!ken --------------------------------------------------------------