Curtiss C-46 Commando
Target for the Curtiss C-46 Commando
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
- 87ktat 18,144 kg
- Tail-strike limit
- 9°the category's
- Ideal touchdown zone
- 120 to 400mpast the threshold
- G-force
- 1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve
Twin-engine transport with Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radials, first flown in 1940 and a workhorse on the Hump airlift over the Himalayas.
Roundout scores this aircraft with the Heavy Warbird / Multi-Engine Vintage 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
- Curtiss
- Model
- C-46
- Variant
- Commando
- FAA approach category
- A
- MTOW
- 22,680 kg (50,001 lbs)
- Vref in flight
- Adjusted to the weight you land at
- MSFS source
- Default Aviator
Roundout recognizes it in a title that contains
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Read next
- How Roundout grades a landingThe composite formula behind every score.
- What “stabilized approach” actually meansThe gates, the criteria, the technique.
- Heavy Warbird / Multi-Engine Vintage scoring thresholdsThe category curves applied to this airframe.
- Full scoring methodologyThe complete breakdown in Help.
$23.99 once.
Every landing in the Curtiss C-46 Commando, graded against these numbers. Every update included, and tax or VAT in most countries.