Easiest airplane to land?

[pilotyip]

Navy planes

Any Navy training airplane, because you don't have to figure out how to flare in the landing, you just drive it into the runway. The DA-20 kinda fits into that category, very easy to land for first time jet piltos. I find the B-17 one the hardest to land.

 

[crash-proof]

Varga Kachina - light, tricycle gear,with a stick

Affectionately known as the "Vargina", to those in the know.

 

[2EASYPilot]

Falcon 2000 series...like a really fast cub.

 

[MauleSkinner]

Both of my kid's were doing unattended takeoffs and landings in my M4 in there early teens. My daughter caused the most stress because she had to push the pedals with her tip toes and she did the best landings of the two. I'll never forget the day she figured out that I wasn't on the controls with her. She screamed "DAD" and let go of everything.

Hmmm...you don't suppose the insurance companies are wrong about it, do you?

Fly safe!

David

 

[saabingitagain]

Avro

AVR-146 absolutely! Drop her in and still get "that was greatest landing ever!" from all the pax... or as said before, maybe it was just me

 

[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?