For a hands-on tutorial on general controls in X‑Plane Mobile, check out the “X-Plane Basics” lesson in the Flight School section. You can also get started with the Cessna in the Takeoff and Landing tutorials. Otherwise, tap “Freeflight,” swipe to pick an aircraft, then tap the ...
Displaced threshold (at each end) The number of meters to displace the landing threshold from the end of the runway. Blast pad (at each end) The number of meters of blast pad next to the runway. Markings (at each end) The touch down markings for this end of the runway. Approach...
Users can fail instruments, engines, flight controls, control cables, antennae, landing gear, or any of dozens of other systems at any moment. They can also have a friend or flight instructor (locally or via the Internet, working from an Instructor’s Operating Station) fail components on ...
Solar Impulse landed in Silicon Valley after a three-day journey over the Pacific, although high winds delayed the landing. It was the ninth leg of its attempt to fly round the world, having started its journey last March in Abu Dhabi. The fuel-free plane left Hawaii ...
The same goes for the elaborate landing gear... enjoy the incredible detail available here, all links, pins, hydraulic and pneumatics are all laid out in great detail and what you pay for... it is the outstanding realism shown here that you will long be talking about...
It featured well harmonized, responsive controls that remained light at higher speeds, and provided responsive take off and landing characteristics. The use of the highly automated BMW 801 and Jumo 213 engines also removed a substantial amount of workload for the pilot, who only needed to adjust...
However, pictures of it parked in Puerto Argentino have been found suggesting its use during the conflict. After attempting to land at the Tandil Airbase on the 16th of May 1996, it skidded off the runway and the subsequent impact caused around 9% of structural and landing gear damage. ...
On landing, for example, the reduction in wash from the wing to the horizontal stabilizer causes the stabilizer to go to a HIGHER angle of attack (LESS wash from the wing pushing it DOWN), so the nose sort of wants to flop down a bit… as in reality! Then, closer to the ground, ...
Dial-a-flap is a system found on McDonnell-Douglas aircraft that allows you to select any flap extension between up and landing for takeoff. Simply dial the selected flap extension, then set the flap handle to the “dial-a-flap” position, and the flaps will move to the pre-selected exte...
In February 1965, Cessna introduced the Model 337 Super Skymaster. The new model was larger, and had more powerful engines, retractable landing gear, and a dorsal air scoop for the rear engine. (The "Super" prefix was subsequently dropped from the name.) In 1966, the turbocharged ...