Tips on making a smooth landing

Make sure you flare with the power cut and full flaps at around 10-15 feet above the runway. Your FPM should increase to around 150 fpm for landing. When I land, I don't immediately touchdown where the glideslope stops on the runway because it normally means I have a hard landing. I normally pull up a bit to reduce the angle I hit the runway. This doesn't mean I glide the length of the runway, it just means I don't hit the runway hard 😉

jolegg just about sums it up 👍

The only bit I will add is,As you cross the threshold of the runway,cut power and start to flare.
It all depends on your landing weight as to what speed you land

May I add another comment? Airbus recommends to flare their aircrafts at the "Retard" call. That is 20 feet above the runway.

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Agus0404 wrote:

May I add another comment? Airbus recommends to flare their aircrafts at the "Retard" call. That is 20 feet above the runway.

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Just make sure your Airbus addon has that callout, or you could be in for a hard landing

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That's why I said that the "Retard" call is given 20 feet above the runway.

Only my A340/A330 Pro addon has those callouts. But I did download other Airbus callouts which include the "Retard" callout but it doesn't work 😕 Still, I always flare my Airbuses at 20 feet above the runway.

Always nice when the plane calls you a retard 😛 It's true too, the callout is not "re-TARD", it's "RE-tard" heh.

hey agus, i found a number of freeware gauges that give warnings of how high you are '50,40,30 etc'. i try to use them...just realised i didn't add it to the an148 panel though oops.

so yeah, when i get home later i could send you a link to one if you're interested?

I have some altitude callouts addons, but I'd like to check that link out.

Always nice when the plane calls you a retard It's true too, the callout is not "re-TARD", it's "RE-tard" heh.

There was a big discussion about this in another forum. The callout is "RE-tard" and not "re-TARD" as you said. Thus, the aircraft is not calling you a retard.
In the dictionary, there are other meanings for the word "retard"

hinchypoop wrote:

hey agus, i found a number of freeware gauges that give warnings of how high you are '50,40,30 etc'. i try to use them...just realised i didn't add it to the an148 panel though oops.

so yeah, when i get home later i could send you a link to one if you're interested?

I would be interested in the link, if you could be so kind as to give it 🙂

Guest1 wrote:

hinchypoop wrote:

hey agus, i found a number of freeware gauges that give warnings of how high you are '50,40,30 etc'. i try to use them...just realised i didn't add it to the an148 panel though oops.

so yeah, when i get home later i could send you a link to one if you're interested?

I would be interested in the link, if you could be so kind as to give it 🙂

See if these are suitable ➡ http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=altitude_callout.zip&Author=&CatID=root

http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=altitude_callout.zip&Author=&CatID=root