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angle of approach or landing range question
I don't have an aviation background. What is the typical angle of
landing/approach for commercial airliners? There's an illusion for novices, and it seems like the angle is much greater, even 30 degrees or more, but I remember hearing it is much less, like under 10. At what angle would the passengers complain of a rough landing. |
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angle of approach or landing range question
It is typically 3 to 3.5 degrees.
Rod "Tim923" wrote in message ... I don't have an aviation background. What is the typical angle of landing/approach for commercial airliners? There's an illusion for novices, and it seems like the angle is much greater, even 30 degrees or more, but I remember hearing it is much less, like under 10. At what angle would the passengers complain of a rough landing. |
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Tim923 wrote:
I don't have an aviation background. What is the typical angle of landing/approach for commercial airliners? There's an illusion for novices, and it seems like the angle is much greater, even 30 degrees or more, but I remember hearing it is much less, like under 10. At what angle would the passengers complain of a rough landing. Unless the terrain or noise considerations require otherwise, the standard approach glide angle is 3 degrees (about 1 to 20). -- Tauno Voipio tauno voipio (at) iki fi |
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Tim923 wrote: I don't have an aviation background. What is the typical angle of landing/approach for commercial airliners? There's an illusion for novices, and it seems like the angle is much greater, even 30 degrees or more, but I remember hearing it is much less, like under 10. At what angle would the passengers complain of a rough landing. They follow a three degree glideslope to landing. They do, however, flare for landing, which raises the deck angle at touchdown. |
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"Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message news In article , Tim923 wrote: I don't have an aviation background. What is the typical angle of landing/approach for commercial airliners? There's an illusion for novices, and it seems like the angle is much greater, even 30 degrees or more, but I remember hearing it is much less, like under 10. At what angle would the passengers complain of a rough landing. They follow a three degree glideslope to landing. They do, however, flare for landing, which raises the deck angle at touchdown. Hi Orval; My airliner experience is somewhat limited to say the least. I did put a stretch DC8 down once as a "guest of the line", but that's about it :-)) Although the glide slope angle is correct, the deck angle for a normal approach should be somewhat higher than the 3 degree glide slope and will be related to angle of attack on the wing, which for an airliner should be a function of the GW, airspeed, and configuration for the approach. In a fighter like the Viper for example, on approach, the Hud will show a difference between the FPM (flight path marker....the extension of the velocity vector or where the airplane is actually going) and the GC (gun cross.....the actual line through the airplane's nose or longitidudinal axis.) The difference between these two indicators is the AOA on the wing. Normal approach AOA for the Viper is on speed between 12.75 and 13.25 degrees. You fly the approach at 13 max. For an airliner using GW and a computed airspeed for that GW on approach, I would be looking for the deck angle to be somewhat higher and stabilized above that 3 degree glide slope. Dudley |
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angle of approach or landing range question
Are you asking about the angle of decent? That's about 3 degrees.
Or are you asking about the deck angle (how high the nose is). The quality of the landing has nothing to do with it because the plane "flares" i.e. levels off to some degree before touching down. The angle the for the last 2 feet is probably something like 0.5 degrees although only an autopilot programmer would really know. Pilots don't flare by measing angle of decent at touch down. -Robert Tim923 wrote: I don't have an aviation background. What is the typical angle of landing/approach for commercial airliners? There's an illusion for novices, and it seems like the angle is much greater, even 30 degrees or more, but I remember hearing it is much less, like under 10. At what angle would the passengers complain of a rough landing. |
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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message oups.com... Pilots don't flare by easing angle of descent at touch down. Hi Gary; I'm sure you know this and don't need me to mention it, but just for a slight addition to your comment can I respectfully add a caveat? I've always found that you have to be REAL careful with this area. It works somewhat in the general aviation scenario when getting into the idiocyncrices of the "flare" so to speak, but after that, a general statement on landing can cause some confusion as pilots move up to higher performance airplanes. The problem is that easing rate of descent is EXACTLY how you land both airliners and high performance jets, especially aircraft with long fuselage to wing mass ratios and airplanes where tail strikes are an issue at touchdown. Dudley Henriques |
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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message oups.com... Are you asking about the angle of decent? That's about 3 degrees. Or are you asking about the deck angle (how high the nose is). The quality of the landing has nothing to do with it because the plane "flares" i.e. levels off to some degree before touching down. The angle the for the last 2 feet is probably something like 0.5 degrees although only an autopilot programmer would really know. Pilots don't flare by measing angle of decent at touch down. ....and occasionally they don't flare at all! Oops, we must be on the ground. ------------------------------------------------- DW |
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Dudley Henriques wrote: "Robert M. Gary" wrote in message oups.com... Pilots don't flare by easing angle of descent at touch down. Hi Gary; I'm sure you know this and don't need me to mention it, but just for a slight addition to your comment can I respectfully add a caveat? I've always found that you have to be REAL careful with this area. It works somewhat in the general aviation scenario when getting into the idiocyncrices of the "flare" so to speak, but after that, a general statement on landing can cause some confusion as pilots move up to higher performance airplanes. The problem is that easing rate of descent is EXACTLY how you land both airliners and high performance jets, especially aircraft with long fuselage to wing mass ratios and airplanes where tail strikes are an issue at touchdown. Sorry, I probably could have worded that better. What I meant to say is that pilots aren't going to know that angle, in terms of degrees at flare. That's not how we land, we don't pull back while watching some soft of indicator of approach slope. Only an autopilot programmer would know that. -Robert |
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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message ups.com... Dudley Henriques wrote: "Robert M. Gary" wrote in message oups.com... Pilots don't flare by easing angle of descent at touch down. Hi Gary; I'm sure you know this and don't need me to mention it, but just for a slight addition to your comment can I respectfully add a caveat? I've always found that you have to be REAL careful with this area. It works somewhat in the general aviation scenario when getting into the idiocyncrices of the "flare" so to speak, but after that, a general statement on landing can cause some confusion as pilots move up to higher performance airplanes. The problem is that easing rate of descent is EXACTLY how you land both airliners and high performance jets, especially aircraft with long fuselage to wing mass ratios and airplanes where tail strikes are an issue at touchdown. Sorry, I probably could have worded that better. What I meant to say is that pilots aren't going to know that angle, in terms of degrees at flare. That's not how we land, we don't pull back while watching some soft of indicator of approach slope. Only an autopilot programmer would know that. -Robert That's the way I would approach it as well. I'll check with my wife and find out if both of us are right :-))) Dudley |
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