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Savoia-Marchetti S.55

FAA approach category A Default Aviator

Target for the Savoia-Marchetti S.55

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
74ktat 8,260 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

Italian twin-hull flying boat with two V12 engines in a tandem push-pull pair, used in Italo Balbo's 24-aircraft formation flight to Chicago in 1933.

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
Savoia-Marchetti
Model
S.55
Variant
S.55 (Asso 500) and S.55X (Asso 750)
FAA approach category
A
MTOW
8,260 kg (18,210 lbs)
Vref in flight
Adjusted to the weight you land at
MSFS source
Default Aviator

Roundout recognizes it in a title that contains

  • Savoia-Marchetti S.55
  • S.55

$23.99 once.

Every landing in the Savoia-Marchetti S.55, graded against these numbers. Every update included, and tax or VAT in most countries.