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Other things to remember during landing stick controls airspeed and throttle controls rate of desent. If you chop the throttle and you have the runway visually locked in the center of the windscreen. If it starts moving towards the top you are going to be short so start adding a little throttle to extend your glide. If it is moving down you are going to be long. So put the aircraft into a slip to help bleed off altitude. This is a good method when you have no spoilers or airbrakes available. You want to time this so as you round out over the runway you are in a three point atitude and right at the stall speed of the aircraft. Being able to put the aircraft at a precise point on the ground will come in quite handy if you have to dead stick your craft to a safe and survivable landing. Try to always fly a standard pattern with a distinct entry leg ,downwind, crosswind ,final. On the high performance stuff if you are new to this carry a little power during this process until you get the idea of where you need to cut the power to land on a precise point on the runway. A good way to practice this is with touch and go,s. When you hear the tires chirp add power and do the go around making sure to climb to pattern altitude, here you will not have the entry leg just an additional crosswind leg. As you fly downwind glance back over you should often to determine when you will make your turn to base. As you become more experienced you will know when to cut the throttle to give you that precision touch down point. Practice both right hand and left hand patterns though I don't think there are any airfields with parallel runways in this sim. After you master the touch and gos and full stop landings then you can practice picking an adequate open field and practice approaches so if you need to dead stick a landing you will be prepared. The old U2 in game is an ideal trainer for landing in fields and on roads just dont forget to keep the stick in your crouch to prevent nose overs. The stick in the crouch applies to all tailwheel aircraft. After you master three point landings then you will be ready to attempt some two point wheel landings. Hope this helps all you fledglings.