Easiest airplane to land?

[Alchemy]

Barons and 400 series cessnas always landed very nicely in my experience. It's difficult to get consistent greasers in the WSCoD. Excessive force is required for x-winds due to the retarded ram-horn yoke, unless you put the right amount of aileron trim in.

 

[sleddriver71]

I think the one that pissed me off the most to land was the Seneca II. I flew several hundred hours in those planes and I never got very consistent results. It made it easier to use less flaps but I would still plop it in occasionally, no matter how hard I tried. I may just suck though, I can accept that.

 

[sleddriver71]

Barons and 400 series cessnas always landed very nicely in my experience. It's difficult to get consistent greasers in the WSCoD. Excessive force is required for x-winds due to the retarded ram-horn yoke, unless you put the right amount of aileron trim in.

What's that?

 

[Alchemy]

WSCoD = Whistling Sh*t Can of Death aka EMB-145 series.

I agree, the seneca take some serious arm strength to land properly....very nose heavy in the flare. Copious amounts of elevator trim are need for smooth landings.....an electric trim switch on the yoke helps with that one.

 

[VW Pilot]

Anyone ever landed a Embraer 135-145? what is that like?
I heard these fly similar to MD-80s.....if so, i would imagine challenging.

 

[aucfi]

Cessna 310 was always a greezer. Those big tip tanks would really help you hold it off in the flare. Panther Navajo was the same way with the winglets.

 

[YourPilotFriend]

The hardest would have to be the carrier landings on that "Top Gun" game for nintendo.

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

The hardest would have to be the carrier landings on that "Top Gun" game for nintendo.

Laugh, that game prepared me for banner towing on July 4th!!
(and i was good at nintendo carrier landings)

CE

 

[Alchemy]

Anyone ever landed a Embraer 135-145? what is that like?
I heard these fly similar to MD-80s.....if so, i would imagine challenging.

Not too bad....they have trailing link gear so it is possible to pull greasers in them. Generally, the heaveier the airplane the easier it is to land. The ERJ lands more easily at 40,000+ lbs than it does down in the Mid to low 30,000 lb range. Not much of a flare in it....you slow to ref over the fence, pitch up 2 or 3 degrees and pull the power to idle right as the mains touchdown. Then you deploy the buckets, catch the nose and hold it off for 3 or 4 seconds before hitting the brakes.

Like I said, it takes a bit of arm strength for crosswind correction due to the design of the yoke. The smoothest landings for me come with a 5-10 knot crosswind and max gross landing weight.

 

[IHateMgmt]

Easiest to land? Anything with trailing link gear. Is it possible to F it up?

 

[MauleSkinner]

Easiest to land? Anything with trailing link gear. Is it possible to F it up?

um...yes, it is...4 good bounces on a 3800-ft runway in a Falcon 10 is my personal record

 

[barnyard]

Clearly, the winner of this contest is the SA-227AC Fairchild/Swearingen Metroliner.

 

[con-pilot]

Easiest to land? Anything with trailing link gear. Is it possible to F it up?

You have never flown a 727, it has trailing-link landing gear. The 100 series wasn't too bad, but the 200, well it was up to luck, a lot of luck.

 

[hyflyt560]

The Shorts 330/360 landed like a 172, nothing complicated at all.

Agreed, very easy. I flew the C-23 Sherpa, but please keep it a secret.

 

[VNugget]

From my limited experience, the Citabria

 

[Iceman07]

"Real airplane" that I actually have time in: Piper Saratoga (esp. Turbo SP) So easy to land, it made you look like a pro each and every time.

I have a 1950 C-170A, and some of the most satisfying landings I have ever done are wheel landings in this airplane. When done well, it's so cool...

In the sim, I've been flying the F-104 and this is, without doubt the most difficult thing to land consistantly I've ever tried. I probably have 150 landings and maybe, maybe 10 were decent. If the real thing was as difficult to land as the sim version, then all those 104 drivers must be supermen.

 

[dardar]

Clearly, the winner of this contest is the SA-227AC Fairchild/Swearingen Metroliner.

Sarcasm, I assume?

 

[737 Pylt]

Easiest airplane to land

I think the 767-300 is an easy airplane to land. It has to be heavy though. It is a bear to land light. In a x-wind though, I feel hands down, the 757 is better!
Also the 737-200 (guppy). Very easy to make a good landing in that one too!
Hardest, the 727-200 by far! Nightmare, never know when you'll get a good one out of it!
737

 

[Almerick07]

Enough nose up trim on short final and the good ole 182 isnt too bad, light enough to finesse it onto the asphalt heavy enough to not get tossed around in some gust like a 152 or 172....Oh yea the space shuttle is way easy to land, trust me i know!

 

[RefugePilot]

Whatever you have flown the most.

To me it is a C152. I imagine I could land many (light) airplanes well in 20+ knots of gusty x-winds, but I would only do it on purpose and enjoy it in a C152. Its like flying a kite, with no strings attached.