P-40 landing and doing no doughnuts at the end. How?

[Uriah]

I can come in nice and gentile. Touch the runway at about 100 MPH and have three small bounces.

I can roll down the runway nice and straight but when it comes to the end the best I can do

is half a doughnut.

 

I come in with 10% flaps and 50% left trim, and have tried full range of rpm. And I have tied constantly pushing the rudder back and forth.

and using the breaks. There is just some combo that I am missing.

 

Do most people have this problem? Or do most of you have a nice straight landing.

[=CFC=Conky]

Hi Uriah,

 

Try using more flaps, I use full flaps on landing and it works pretty well. Also, sometimes giving a very short burst of power can help keep the nose straight. 

 

Good hunting,

=CFC=Conky

[Guest deleted@50488]

Why do you use only 10% flaps ?

 

lower flap settings only contribute to ease your landing gear, and that's a bad thing to have.

 

1) Always FULL flaps

 

2) 3 point landing - stall it to the ground, flying just above in perfect ground effect

 

3) Stick ALL THE WAY BACK as soon as you're on ground, and small bursts of power for additional rudder authority due to propwash...

 

4) Apply brakes gently, until you're almost stopped.

 

It works for me this way

[SYN_Vander]

I was doing endless doughnuts before taking off...it took me some time to find out that I had my toe brakes axis reversed!!! 

[Ace_Pilto]

Control surfaces aren;t powered by magic, they need AIR. Add a little throttle after you have 3 points on the ground and it's easy to keep all planes from doing doughnuts.

[Finkeren]

Control surfaces aren;t powered by magic, they need AIR. Add a little throttle after you have 3 points on the ground and it's easy to keep all planes from doing doughnuts.

 

^This

 

The P-40 with an unlockable tailwheel is absolutely guaranteed to ground loop if you give up rudder authority and the end of the rollout. That's perfectly realistic.

 

The good news is, that unlike the LaGG for instance, you really don't need that much power for the rudder to be effective, which is why taxiing in the P-40 is fairly easy, even without toe brakes.

[Dakpilot]

I understood P-40 has limited steerable tailwheel when unlocked (rudder axis) which makes taxiing a little easier when at low speeds compared to other similar A/C (LaGG)

 

Use and effects of this should be taken into account during rollout, (if modelled) but pretty sure it is?

 

Cheers Dakpilot

[Uriah]

Thanks guys, I am getting it down. The combo I added as suggested was full flaps and enough air flow and breaks. I come in for a landing with about 40% throttle and keep it there. I don't throttle back (less).

Having the full flaps slows the forward movement and as soon as I touch down I put on the breaks and when I feel it is not going to put me back in the air I pull back hard on the stick. I am also opening the canopy and sticking my head out to have a better sense of direction and how close I am to the ground.

[indiaciki]

FULL flaps - pull stick. I flew her once (bought BOM 30 min ago) no problem landing the P.40

[simplyjames]

I understood P-40 has limited steerable tailwheel when unlocked (rudder axis) which makes taxiing a little easier when at low speeds compared to other similar A/C (LaGG)

 

Use and effects of this should be taken into account during rollout, (if modelled) but pretty sure it is?

 

Cheers Dakpilot

It defiantly seems modeled to me. Low speed taxi is a breeze in this plane.