In FSX, how do you land?

Question

I only have the demo mode so I don't get to see the tutorial. I've made it to the airport and I've gotten my airplane on the ground but I can't stop it. How do you stop it if controls are on deffault? Or at least can you tell me how to activate the brakes?

Answer 1

-Make sure your flaps are completely extended BEFORE you land (F7 for increments, F8 full).
-Don't land at very fast speed (try for around 140 knots).
-If you need to slow down a bit, but are still flying, open the throttle quadrant window (push SHIFT+F4), and pull on the spoiler/speedbrake handle a little bit (50% tops). Once you feel you are doing okay, go ahead and push the handle to where it says "ARM". This arms the spoiler for when you land, so when you hit the ground, it activates automatically. Note that this isn't available on all aircraft.).
-Right before you land, make sure you point the nose up a little bit (flare).
-Make sure the engines are at idle (F1).
-When you hit the ground, if you didn't previously arm the spoilers (if you did, they would go automatically), push the forward-slash key [ / ]. This will slow you down a lot.
-Push and hold down the period key [ . ] for the wheel brakes. Or, push CTRL+period key [ . ] at the same time once; this activates the parking brake.
-Push and hold down F2 to activate reverse thrust (this only works if you're flying a jet; some turboprops have this also). You can let go once reverse thrust is at full. Once you reach 80-60 kts, push F1 to bring the engines back to idle (you don't need to hold it down). Keep doing everything else.
-Once you are at a slow speed and are approaching the exit from the runway, let go of the period key [ . ] (if you activated the parking brake, push the period key to deactivate it). Brake as you feel necessary.
-Once you exit the runway, retract the flaps (F5 retracts them completely; F6 for increments) and the spoilers (push the forward-slash key [ / ]).
-If you want, you can shut off one engine (if it's a multi-engined aircraft), and taxi on one engine to the gate. Some airline pilots do this to save fuel.
Have fun!

Answer 2

You are supposed to manage your speed and give the plane in front of you enough room to land and get off the runway before you land. In a real world situation the controller would tell you a speed to maintain to help keep separation. MS FS was not programmed extremely well when it comes to sequencing people to land in that they will put a C-172 in front of a 747.

Answer 3

I tried it on Friday and personally I think it sucks, but the first thing you need to do is get the approach speed down to about 135 and hit the start of the runway, you'll never get it slowed down enough without the flaps and you could do with getting them down before you descend. Alternatively you'll need the spoilers (air brakes) and you could do with those after landing too.

I recommend going over to www.x-plane.com and trying a decent simulator, they don't sell x-plane in the games section.

I was going to buy FSX just to try it, thank God I found the demo!

Answer 4

first, make sure you land at approx 140 knots (use spoilers if necessary) [spoilers accessed in throttle quadrant (shift + 4)]
I usually bring up the throttle quadrant (shift + 4) a little bit before landing, once landed slow down by pulling both throttle sticks back to reverse and use the period key to brake as well.
Hope this helps.

Answer 5

on a keyboard, to activate the brakes, it is the period (.) key, you also need to use reverse thrust by pressing and holding the F2 key (if the aircraft is equipped with it), and you can activate the spoilers by hitting the Forward Slash (/) key (again -- if the aircraft is equipped with it).

Answer 6

use the period key, but I would recommend buying the real version of the game, it features many more aircraft and more scenery and airports...

Answer 7

use the .(period key)