Interesting approaches, Mirage. My own philosophy on landing the 190, is to maintain a large arcing approach, like landing a Corsair on a carrier. At pattern height, on downwind, and with the gear and flaps coming down, I'll start the turning arc once abeam the threshold, always turning, decreasing speed, and maintaining a visual of the runway all the way down. This way I believe you can maintain your energy better, and also have a better picture all the way up to the flair, as you begin approaching the threshold, instead of making a straight decent towards the runway, too high, and too fast. I do the same thing whether it is a Spitfire, Mustang, or C-170, always preferably resulting in a three-pointer.
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You did make a couple of very nice three-pointers, and like with the Spitfire-vid, I would have accepted nothing less. I also like the overhead break, utilized by every smart pilot out there, flying WWII fighter aircraft. Besides serving the great purpose of bleeding off the speed, which is so hard to do with these sleek aircraft, it is also a safety measure – not just the pilot taking the opportunity to buzz the field. By doing an overhead break, you come in with a lot of energy, so if the engine begins to fail, you have enough speed to bring the aircraft around to land safely – instead of being out in a large pattern, far from the field, at slow, pattern speed, which doesn’t give you much chance of making the field if the engine gives way. Coming out of an overhead break, you’re very close to the field, in downwind and base, and you will have no problem making the field if the engine fails.
Thank you for sharing these videos! I have to say, that this is one of the nicest landing aircraft I have ever flown in FSX, if you get away from the procedure in getting to the runway. Over the runway, it always settles in just perfectly, without any drama.
