Just trying to complete this landing challenge, and wondering if anybody has suggestions on how to handle it. Please note that I’m using an Xbox controller, which may make it harder than it needs to be.
I approach the airstrip at 45-50 knots, the plane becomes pretty hard to control because it’s bordering on a stall and the wind throws you around on top of it. The biggest issue though is the shape of that hill. I can’t believe there’s a landing strip there in real life. The surface is completely curved and you always end up falling to the side. It’s hard to tell even in which direction the “strip” is supposed to be going in order to line up with it. Most times I touch down only to immediately discover I wasn’t really going straight and I’m now gonna fall off the mountain.
Well, I haven’t tried that particular challenge yet - but (If you don’t already do this) I find that for the Xbox controller setting a sensitivity profile for classes of (and in some cases individual ) aircraft is essential and makes a huge difference to controllability- it might help you?
I would be careful about spending time completing this challenge, as your score does save, but there are no Top Ten listings or your position saved? ( at least on my sim ) so it may disappear.
Also, in the 747-8 challenge at Atlanta, I had an excellent score of 1.65 million or more, position 19, then I tried again and the Sim saves only your last attempt! ( this has happened on many other challenges)
It is indeed brutal. Interesting what you say about the speed. I was using the loading screen schematic as a guideline, where they recommend approaching at 50kts. I tried going in a bit faster and it’s easier to control, but the plane touches down like a missile and flips over half the time. This is likely due to the controller though, since it’s very difficult to fine tune your throttle (having the challenge of a lifetime with this on the Top Gun carrier landing) and maneuvers.
By the way, anybody notice that the storm formation right behind you at the start of the challenge moves forward after each attempt? Every time the challenge loads the cloud cover is further and further ahead, and after a few tries you start fully within the cloud. I imagine if you repeat it enough times the storm will eventually reach the landing site, to add to the complications.
I’m kind of beginning to accept the fact that landing here might not be possible with a controller. Well, landing might be, but getting anything better than a C is likely out of the question.
On my last attempts I was aiming for exactly the same spot you’re describing, but the plane consistently rolls to the right as soon as I touch down. Wind just pushes it that way (despite the loading diagram saying it blows from the opposite direction) and there’s little you can do to avoid it. I’ve been even trying to land on one wheel, with the plane slightly angled to the left to compensate for that push, to no avail.
I did get close recently following the advice from that video… but I got a “didn’t land on designated runway” message before I could come to a full stop. That’s the closest I’ve been so far. One heck of a challenge.