Bell X-1A
Target for the Bell X-1A
75 to 150fpm
Full marks for descent rate up to 150 fpm; under 75 fpm the coach says the touchdown was softer than this aircraft is normally flown.
- Vref reference
- 160ktat 3,275 kg
- Tail-strike limit
- 11°the category's
- Ideal touchdown zone
- 400 to 800mpast the threshold
- G-force
- 1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve
Rocket-powered research aircraft with a Reaction Motors XLR11 engine, in which Chuck Yeager reached Mach 2.44 in level flight in December 1953.
Roundout scores this aircraft with the Supersonic Airliner category's curves and touchdown-zone window. 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
- Bell
- Model
- X-1A
- Variant
- X-1A
- FAA approach category
- D
- MTOW
- 7,478 kg (16,486 lbs)
- Vref in flight
- Adjusted to the weight you land at
- MSFS source
- Payware (MScenery)
- Category
- Supersonic Airliner
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