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Old 23rd Feb 2021, 13:06
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Fursty Ferret
 
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Bonus: how representative are full flight simulators these days to really give you the correct feel in this very sensitive part of the landing (flare). I mean, ground effect, subtle flight control movements, stick displacement, can this even be simulated correctly or do we accept the inherent limitations and fly a sim differently from the real a/c.
My experience of the A320 sim is that it wasn't particularly representative of the real thing. In a crosswind it always felt like it was on casters and required into-wind aileron on the ground to maintain ground track, which the real thing doesn't.

On the other hand, I find our 787 sims are scarily accurate for landing with the exception that everyone bangs the nose-wheel down in the sim. I do wonder though if this was a deliberate decision to reinforce the fact that the derotation in a 787-8 or -9 is anything but subtle.
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