Boeing Stearman PT-17
Target for the Boeing Stearman PT-17
Up to 50fpm
Full marks for descent rate up to 50 fpm, and no note for a soft touchdown: a feather-light arrival is the right technique here.
- Vref reference
- 62ktat 1,338 kg
- Tail-strike limit
- 13°this aircraft's own
- Ideal touchdown zone
- 30 to 150mpast the threshold
- G-force
- 1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve
Two-seat biplane primary trainer with a Continental R-670 radial, one of more than 10,000 Stearman trainers built, later popular as a crop duster.
Roundout scores this aircraft with the Tailwheel / Aerobatic 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
- Boeing
- Model
- Stearman
- Variant
- PT-17
- FAA approach category
- A
- MTOW
- 1,338 kg (2,950 lbs)
- Vref in flight
- Adjusted to the weight you land at
- MSFS source
- Payware (DC Designs)
- Category
- Tailwheel / Aerobatic
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