Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner
Target for the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner
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
- 157ktat 201,828 kg
- Tail-strike limit
- 8.5°this aircraft's own
- Ideal touchdown zone
- 300 to 700mpast the threshold
- G-force
- 1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve
The 787-10 Dreamliner is the longest of the Dreamliner family: 68 m of composite airframe with a wing that flexes visibly on landing. The fly-by-wire system is more conservative than Airbus FBW; pilots describe it as 'feeling like a Boeing with assists' rather than 'feeling like a computer with wings'. The aircraft rewards the same disciplined energy management as the 777 family.
Landing technique.
Cross the threshold at Vref + 5 in calm; add 1/2 headwind + full gust factor, max 20 kt.
Flare at 30 ft RA and hold. The Dreamliner's composite wing damps oscillations more than aluminum jets, small pitch corrections produce small responses.
Idle thrust at the 30 ft auto-callout. Late idle creates float on this aircraft because of the high lift-to-drag of the composite wing.
Use auto-brake 3 minimum on any runway under 10,000 ft. The 787-10 is the heaviest variant and brakes are the main stopper.
Crab approach + de-crab at flare. The wing droop on touchdown is dramatic, verify the spoilers deploy fully.
Common mistakes.
Floating to a long landing, the 787-10's L/D is high enough that an extra 5 kt translates to 600+ ft of additional float.
Letting the nose drop too aggressively after main-gear touchdown, slamming the nose wheel.
Mis-judging the visual cue, sitting that far forward of the main gear means touchdown is later than your eyes expect.
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
- Boeing
- Model
- 787
- Variant
- -10 Dreamliner
- FAA approach category
- D
- MTOW
- 254,000 kg (559,973 lbs)
- Vref in flight
- Adjusted to the weight you land at
- MSFS source
- Default Premium
- Category
- Wide-Body Twin Airliner
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