McDonnell Douglas MD-80
Target for the McDonnell Douglas MD-80
50 to 100fpm
Full marks for descent rate up to 100 fpm; under 50 fpm the coach says the touchdown was softer than this aircraft is normally flown.
- Vref reference
- 131ktat 58,967 kg
- Tail-strike limit
- 11°this aircraft's own
- Ideal touchdown zone
- 240 to 600mpast the threshold
- G-force
- 1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve
Stretched second-generation DC-9 twin-jet with rear-mounted Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 turbofans, introduced by Swissair in 1980, with 1,191 built.
Roundout scores this aircraft with the Narrow-Body 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
- McDonnell Douglas
- Model
- MD-80
- Variant
- MD-82, MD-83 and MD-88 (Leonardo)
- FAA approach category
- C
- MTOW
- 67,812 kg (149,500 lbs)
- Vref in flight
- Adjusted to the weight you land at
- MSFS source
- Payware (Leonardo Software House)
- Category
- Narrow-Body Airliner
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