Shorts SD3-30/SD3-60
Target for the Shorts SD3-30/SD3-60
60 to 120fpm
Full marks for descent rate up to 120 fpm; under 60 fpm the coach says the touchdown was softer than this aircraft is normally flown.
- Vref reference
- 104ktat 12,020 kg
- Tail-strike limit
- 9°the category's
- Ideal touchdown zone
- 120 to 380mpast the threshold
- G-force
- 1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve
Boxy twin-turboprop commuter airliners developed from the Skyvan, the 30-seat Shorts 330 of 1974 and the 36-seat Shorts 360 of 1981, with PT6A engines.
Roundout scores this aircraft with the Twin-Engine Turboprop 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
- Shorts
- Model
- SD3-30/SD3-60
- Variant
- SD3-30 and SD3-60 (incl. Sherpa, C-23)
- FAA approach category
- B
- MTOW
- 12,292 kg (27,099 lbs)
- Vref in flight
- Adjusted to the weight you land at
- MSFS source
- Payware (BlackBox)
- Category
- Twin-Engine Turboprop
Roundout recognizes it in a title that contains
Shorts SD3-30/SD3-60SD3-30/SD3-60Shorts SD3-30Shorts SD3-60SD3-30SD3-60Shorts 330Shorts 360SH33SH36
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