Question for the Airbus drivers

[B1900FO]

What is it that allows for consistently good landing in the Airbus?? I don't think I have every felt a bad landing in any Airbus I have ever ridden on...

 

[Jetsi]

Well, obviously you have never ridden in back when I'm flying .

Jetsi

 

[J32driver]

Well, obviously you have never ridden in back when I'm flying .

Jetsi

Crap... you stole my line man!

 

[Blue Dude]

What is it that allows for consistently good landing in the Airbus?? I don't think I have every felt a bad landing in any Airbus I have ever ridden on...

Sheer blind luck on your part.

 

[PHXFLYR]

I believe it has to do with the amount of wing diheadiral that the airplane has. The greater the diahedrial the easier it is to get a decent landing out of it due to better low speed handling characteristics. Flew DHC-8's and DC-8s
in a prior life and neither one had much in the way of dihedrial. Landings left much to be desired...But then again,maybe it was me.....????

PHXFLYR

 

[Koslen]

What is it that allows for consistently good landing in the Airbus?? I don't think I have every felt a bad landing in any Airbus I have ever ridden on...

It's called autoland!

Just kidding busdrivers:laugh:

 

[Patriot328]

I've noticed this too. I used to commute DCA-LGA. I would ride up on Delta and back on USAir. When the Delta guys "arrived" in LGA, I though the gear on the 73-8 was going to go through the wing. The 320s on USAir seemed silky smooth back in DCA...

 

[yaks]

I believe it is due to the location of the landing gear relative to the cg.

 

[B1900FO]

Airbus landings....

I've noticed this too. I used to commute DCA-LGA. I would ride up on Delta and back on USAir. When the Delta guys "arrived" in LGA, I though the gear on the 73-8 was going to go through the wing. The 320s on USAir seemed silky smooth back in DCA...

Every 738 driver I have talked to says its a b**** to grease it on...

 

[Jetjockey]

Having flown both the 737-800, and the A320, the bus is way easier to coax a nice landing out of. I think it also has something to do with the automatic trim in the Airbus that biases nose forward (flare mode) to 'encourage' a steady back pressure in the final flare.