So the wife's been at work all day and I'm off, so I've had a little play around on Flight Sim mostly because it's a cheap aeroplane fix until I can finish my PPL. I landed at Menorca and notice that like many Spanish island airports they have stands that you taxi into and make a sharp turn to the final parking position. The OCD part of me wonders how in real life you park at these bays.
Here are some pics to show you:
So the stand is 04, do you make the turn on the arrow or before?
Then you get to the second arrow, again do you stay inside the yellow line on the turn?
In the sim the Marshaller stands at the final parking position. In real life does he help you with the initial turn in and manoeuvring?
Not the straightest...
Oh dear.
I only have a single thrust lever in the sim - would you use some asymmetrical thrust from one engine to make the turn or is down to the tiller only or a combination of both?
Just wondering.
Ta
RU