how to land a dash 8?!

[Freight Dog]

I flew the 100. I'd come in at about Vref+15 to the ground effect carrying some power.. once in the flare about 20-30 feet off the ground start pulling the power back.

Basically, fly the thing like a big Cessna, and definitely cuss the Canadians all the way to the gate.

 

[LearLove]

I think its like the 8th wonder of the world or something. Between Allegheny and PDT and also Horizon we've got some senior guys with 15000 hours plus just in the Dash and they can't figure it out.

The only advice is just stick it on the centerline and in the touchdown zone and hope for wet or snowy runways. I have about 4000 in the 100 model and have messed around with all the methods and more discussed above but like I said its the 8th wonder of the world or something.

As for me I go in 3 week streaks. Meaning about 3 weeks of good landings followed by some time smackin' it on. With the winter we are having up north this year you can't go wrong. (snow everywhere)

One thing that I have seen is that its easier to grease on at heavier landing weights and also with a x-wind as long as your alligned when you touch down the downwind gear.

dash8driver64 - If your an allegheny guy don't take any crap from some anal MDT/ABE capt they've slapped them on worse and usually still are.

Horizon Guys

1. hows it goin with the beta backup mod?
2. where do we fax/send a res if we want to come out west?

Thanks

 

[dash8driver64]

thanks for the posts guys and gals!?
i just finished up a three day and tried to come up with some commonality. the props set to where they start "whish" is something i did without realizing it ...it is a great way to set power.
as far as flying it flat on this seems to work if your not to light.
this thing likes to be heavy. I was flying into lga yesterday and got wedged between citrus and a delta 767. i guess they had a race up from atl. so i flew it hot (140) as long as could to fit in chopped the power to f/i and made the best landing in a yr.with the crosswind on friday and being heavy it was the best senerio to paint it on. i guess. if it was snowing i would likely got the "wt on wheels" caution light before i knew it was on the ground!!! you dash guys know what i mean.

the struts are definatly part of the deal too. some just seem to land better than others.

good luck to all
i hope we can all stay employed and get our fellow pilots back in the air soon

hey horizion guys: i hear the beta mod is giving you all some big troubles. we are just about to get ours at ALG activated soon. like to hear whats going on with that!

 

[Freight Dog]

Not a Horizon guy, but former Island Air guy here, and that Beta Lockout Mod SUUUUUUUCKS!!!! If you trip it off on the ground, your engines will go into MANUAL, and you'll have to go back to the gate to reset the CB on the DC Contactor Box in the nose... it can really be a pain in the a$$. On top of that, one of our airplanes is possessed as a result of that mod. Prime example, I'm sitting at the gate with engines off doing paperwork and the GPWS goes off "Don't Sink, Don't Sink." You can just imagine the wtf looks we'd exchange up front, and not to mention the passengers and the FA. Mind you, you can't shut it up except by pulling the GPWS CB's. There are some other issues I wouldn't care to discuss here... however, that mod blows. You'll see how bad when you get it.