Hi,
new to MSFS and going through all the Flight lessons in the Training School.
Unfortunately stuck at lesson 5 (Flight Pattern training).
At every landing at different places on the landing strip, I am always getting this message:
YOU SHOULD NOT LAND THERE.
Tried different landing tactics but seen to always get this frustrating message without any further explanation why…
When I move on to the next lesson (first solo flight), after landing the lady says:
GREAT JOB etc…
However, after I bring the airplane at a stop after exiting the runway to the right (as I should do), I again get the message:
YOU SHOULD NOT LAND THERE.
(So first GREAT JOB bla bla bla and next after a few seconds YOU SHOULD NOT LAND THERE.).
However, I am cleared for the next lesson (not a fail every time as in the previous lesson).
Any suggestions what I may be doing wrong?
(For MSFS team: Some more explanation from the lady or in the feedback screen would really help…)
Leave the runway but stop just before the dashed hold short lines on the taxiway connecting the runway to the ramp. The lesson end trigger is finicky about being on the ramp for some reason.
The issue is actually not where you’re landing, but that you’re landing before all of the other steps are completed. One of those steps, turning downwind, I believe, doesn’t want to trigger. Took me several attempts, and to be honest, I’m not sure what I did different when it finally triggered.
Hitting those markers is an art. I flew circles around one of them before it would finally trigger and go on to the next one. And even now when I’m just flying, I have Route & Waypoints enabled (I think that’s what does it) so when I have asked ATC for permission to land, it gives me a “Pattern entry” marker. 95% of the time I miss hitting it even though I think I’m bang on.
I’m having the same problem with navigation. tried landing on both Flagstaff runways and still get the same fail. I will have go at hitting the pattern and see how that goes.
The objectives log should only have land successfully by the time you’re landing. If you missed other objectives, that may also be part of the problem.
I’ve managed to complete this task once and the answer was to follow the instruction to follow the road rather than trying to fly there yourself. you then get the instructions to fly the pattern.
I did carefully fly the Flight Pattern hitting all the markers and carefully landed AND NOT directly turned right to the ramp but first braked on the runway.
Result: PASS
In all other cases, got the very frustrating message:
YOU SHOULD NOT LAND THERE
Conclusion:
This fail message is completely wrong and misleading.
So stupid, soo much time wasted…
I think the thing to remember is your instructor is a computer, so unless you fulfil the test criteria exactly it will fail. The programmers just never included more than one fail response.
