Airbus A340-500
Target for the Airbus A340-500
60 to 120fpm
Full marks for descent rate up to 120 fpm; under 60 fpm the coach says the touchdown was softer than this aircraft is normally flown.
- Vref reference
- 146ktat 246,000 kg
- Tail-strike limit
- 9.5°this aircraft's own
- Ideal touchdown zone
- 340 to 750mpast the threshold
- G-force
- 1.10Gfull marks, its own curve
Four-engine Airbus wide-body with Rolls-Royce Trent 500 turbofans, the world's longest-range airliner when Emirates introduced it in 2003.
Roundout scores this aircraft with the Wide-Body Quad Airliner category's curves and touchdown-zone window, and its own G-force curve. The figures it uses are below.
How its touchdown is scored.
The score at each point of its curves. Between the points, scores fall in a straight line; the full method is in the scoring methodology.
No shared landings or board for this aircraft yet. Its figures appear once pilots with a public profile have shared 5 graded landings in it, and a board once at least 5 opted-in pilots have flown it 10 or more times each. See the boards there are.
For reference.
Aircraft data
- Manufacturer
- Airbus
- Model
- A340
- Variant
- -500
- FAA approach category
- D
- MTOW
- 380,000 kg (837,756 lbs)
- Vref in flight
- Adjusted to the weight you land at
- MSFS source
- Freeware (AstorAST)
- Category
- Wide-Body Quad Airliner
Roundout recognizes it in a title that contains
Airbus A340-500A340-500A340 -500A345
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