Hey man i m flyin in orlando .i have clocked about 15 hrs and cant still land an a/c.is it a matter of concrn?

Question

guide me

Answer 1

I wouldn't worry. Practice will get you there. It is a different learning curve for everybody. In fact I took off and landed 6 times yesterday in order to get it down.

Answer 2

do what everyone is saying with a little extra

find a reference point on the nose of the aircraft.  A cessna has a line of screws on the cowling, a Diamond use the spinner

find a spot on the runway a little ways before your intended touchdown point.

Keep that spot in one place on the windscreen

A tailwind will shallow your approach path while a head wind will do the oppisite

if you are to high execute a foreword slip AS A LAST RESORT.  When the slip is ended you MUST return to approach attitude so airspeed does not increase.

The final thing to do is to go around if you think that a safe landing is not possible.  I had trouble on my first landing, but that was in 21 kts winds!  Infact it was last month :]  I was taking a tour and the pilot let me fly.

Answer 3

I wouldn't be concerned, unless I was in the plane with you. Then there would be 2 of us that can't land. Bad combination..

Answer 4

I would not be overly worried if I were in your place. 15 hours is not a bench mark figure which dictates that people must be able to land during this time. With a bit more practice and experience, you should be able to get your landings right. In the meantime, I would suggest the following which may be treated as a mental exercise.

1) Give yourself a little longer final approach which will give you time to settle down and plan your landing.

2) As per your procedures, get your heights, speeds and landing configuration correct on your final approach.

3) Aim the nose of the aircraft to the landing point and keep it as a visual reference.

4) Check for correct speed while crossing the thresh hold of the runway. Check your rate of descent and adjust throttle as required.

5) As the ground approaches, close your throttle and try to check the rate of descent very GENTLY. The aircraft may float a bit and then sink at which time apply a bit of back pressure. Maintain back pressure till you touch down.

Be patient and persevere and you will succeed. I sincerely wish you all the best.

Answer 5

Heck, I've flown with people who've had a couple of thousand hours and still can't land.  Seriously though, it's nothing to be concerned about.  Landing is more art than science and everyone's different.  I've had students grease them in on their first attempt and I've had students who required hours and hours of laps in the traffic pattern to get it.  Keep at it.  You'll get the hang of it.

Answer 6

No.

I've had students who were good at everything BUT landing, and spent hours with them working on their landings.

At one point, I'd told one of these students that I'd told him everything I know about landing - I was going to have to sit in the right seat and prevent him from crashing until he figured it out.

He figured it out beautifully, (eventually) and once he had it, he had it nailed.

If you're having trouble check these things:

1) watch your airspeed on final, odds are your approach speed is too fast.

2) Find a place to use a VASI if you don't have one, to work on your approach angle.

3)find a pitch that will allow the airplane to settle onto the runway slowly, without changing pitch or power.

4) if you still have trouble and you're flying a high-wing airplane, switch to a low wing airplane, (or vice versa.) You may find that the different behavior in ground effect helps you.

Good luck!

Answer 7

Landing is the most difficult part of your training - so no do not be alarmed that your not taking to it right way.

Once trick my instructor taught me years ago was to look down the runway not right in front of me.   When you look down the runway and use your peripheral vision for the up close area.  This is kind of hard to explain why but try looking a little further in front of the airplane - it works.