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Douglas DC-6

FAA approach category B Payware (PMDG)

Target for the Douglas DC-6

Up to 60fpm

Full marks for descent rate up to 60 fpm, and no note for a soft touchdown: a feather-light arrival is the right technique here.

Vref reference
106ktat 40,007 kg
Tail-strike limit
11°the category's
Ideal touchdown zone
50 to 250mpast the threshold
G-force
1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve

Pressurized four-engine piston airliner with Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radials, introduced in 1947, with 704 built including the military C-118 Liftmaster.

Roundout scores this aircraft with the Vintage / Pre-1950 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.

Descent rate at touchdown (fpm)30 of the 100 points.
100≤ 60fpm
90≤ 120fpm
75≤ 210fpm
55≤ 330fpm
35≤ 450fpm
10≤ 600fpm
G-force at touchdown (g)20 of the 100 points.
100≤ 1.10g
90≤ 1.20g
75≤ 1.35g
55≤ 1.55g
35≤ 1.75g
10≤ 2.00g

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
Douglas
Model
DC-6
Variant
DC-6A and DC-6B
FAA approach category
B
MTOW
48,535 kg (107,001 lbs)
Vref in flight
Adjusted to the weight you land at
MSFS source
Payware (PMDG)

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