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Saab 17B

FAA approach category A Default Aviator

Target for the Saab 17B

Up to 75fpm

Full marks for descent rate up to 75 fpm, and no note for a soft touchdown: a feather-light arrival is the right technique here.

Vref reference
81ktat 3,870 kg
Tail-strike limit
13°the category's
Ideal touchdown zone
50 to 250mpast the threshold
G-force
1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve

Swedish reconnaissance dive bomber first flown in 1940, the B 17B version with a Bristol Mercury radial, whose undercarriage doors doubled as dive brakes.

Roundout scores this aircraft with the Light Warbird 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≤ 75fpm
90≤ 144fpm
75≤ 249fpm
55≤ 388fpm
35≤ 526fpm
10≤ 700fpm
G-force at touchdown (g)20 of the 100 points.
100≤ 1.10g
90≤ 1.26g
75≤ 1.49g
55≤ 1.80g
35≤ 2.11g
10≤ 2.50g

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
Saab
Model
17B
Variant
B 17A
FAA approach category
A
MTOW
3,870 kg (8,532 lbs)
Vref in flight
Adjusted to the weight you land at
MSFS source
Default Aviator

Roundout recognizes it in a title that contains

  • Saab 17B
  • 17B
  • Saab B 17

$23.99 once.

Every landing in the Saab 17B, graded against these numbers. Every update included, and tax or VAT in most countries.