Hard Landings

Odyssey wrote:

Brace yourselves gentlemen, this is a long one.
The only thing preventing me from getting 100% flight report in FSpax is my landings. They are always too hard. Im flying a downloaded 737-700. I normally use approach hold so I can concentrate on flaps and speed etc and then disengage autopilot when Co-pilot calls out minimums so I can touch down manually. When I land though the passengers always get scared. Looking back at the post flight report it says my landing speed is around 135-145Kias with a decent rate at 400-500ft/m. Im assuming I need to decrease my decent rate but I don't know how. Does anybody have any ideas on how to help me? Please please please.
Thanks in advance.

You probably forgot to flare. 400-500 fpm is the right VS on short final, but I bet your passengers are scared if you run the aircraft into the ground with that vertical speed.

At 20 feet above the ground pitch the nose up and the vertical speed will magically decrease to under 100 fpm. Your IAS is a bit low IMO, so you may want to increase that a bit to avoid stalling (just check the Vref on your aircraft and add 5 knots)

Hope this helps.
Cumpaniciu

lol thats why i stay with manual flying all the way 😂

The only problem is that it is a downloaded aircraft so it doesn't have the aircraft info. I'm using the default 737-400 info as a guide. I do flare but I thought it was meant to be only 3 degrees positive pitch on flare? Does anybody know the Vref for the 737-700 and what degree the flare is?

Three degrees sounds about right and the Vref (although it depends on weight and conditions) is around 135 for flaps 30. Perhaps the downloaded craft is not that good (it happens with freeware), try flaring a little more. Remember to control airspeed with pitch, altitude with power on approach and see what happens.

OK. Cheers mate. I'll give it a go.