FSX: Impossible landing? default Boeing 747-400 at SABA in a thunderstorm HD 720

[MapleProductionX]

Everything is possible in FSX...Just like in russia.

[DarkwerefoxRed]

Wow...crash detection off. But still very cool landing...how you stopped so fast?

Autobrakes to the max?

[lozyboy1]

yah then the clif falls and the plane goes boom

[thenairolf01]

Howly *********

An idiot great landing!!!

10/5

[dingdongditch1000]

UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..­.

[roblox1220]

please answer this, how do you stop so quickly?

[pbplaya5]

SINK RATE

[haykodjan]

97 knots for app on 747? you must be nuts, you changed the air files

[pjvenner]

@haykodjan I may be nuts but I swear it's all legit... no passengers or auxiliary crew, less than 1% fuel. It was right on the edge of stall but can be done in FSX - give it a go on a larger runway.

[AirbusA380rox]

the music reminds me of star wars for some reason. By the way, do you think that the packard bell ipower i9723 is good for games like fsx or fs9?

[pjvenner]

@AirbusA380rox : I can't comment on FS9 or individual computers but I can say that FSX performance is down to memory & processor power- and more cores = more performance. The i9723 should handle FSX easily.

I know where you're coming from with the Star Wars music - The soft start building up is similar to the Imperial March.

[dhruvb38]

have fun taking off from there lol

nice landing

[skierman345]

how do you taxi off the runway? lol NICE landing.

[YavuzSelimIsler]

How have you do that? Please say it

[tamtammr]

i know how you did that

[jamescartash]

You must change the realism settings immediately :)

[FSXFS2OO4]

Name of song? :)

[pjvenner]

@FSXFS2OO4 "O Fortuna"

[YavuzSelimIsler]

Have you a super brake??

[jasynmons]

ive landed a 737 in 2000 and then taxied turned around and took off wth full flaps. lol

[wanaplayrough]

Cheat, there was no fuel in the plane + you have a head wind

[pjvenner]

@wanaplayrough : There was less than 1% fuel... how else do you explain the reverse thrust? Excuse me for the fluctuating headwind!

[wanaplayrough]

@pjvenner

In FSX, the plane will still fly even if it indicates that there is no fuel

[fefethepilot]

excelent!

 thanks for a quickly answer... REX roger that ! downloading now , bying off course ;-)

have fun!!!

[fefethepilot]

great video man!!

tell me... wat efect do you use or settings for the water ??

thanks!!

[pjvenner]

@fefethepilot Hi. The water effect are by REX [Real Environment Xtreme] I HIGHLY recommend it. I thought the clouds in FSX were fine until I saw the difference that REX makes. It improves the sky [including sun & clouds), water and runway textures with no noticeable hit on performance.

[Sidtan33]

WOW

[moktkxx1]

good. now takeoff from that R/W

[feuerwehrengel]

Funny Pushback Landing well done!!!! 10/10pts. ;)

[rangelso]

that was done with a bit of luck

[pjvenner]

@rangelso I agree. I did say I can't do it every time under those conditions.

[Jathar2]

Omg, where does it taxi to, and how?

[pjvenner]

@Jathar2 I just rolled it into the ocean coz I got a better model :)

[Latvietis96]

Wow 0_o

[capitanrg60]

exelente aterrizaje, very good

[HarleySoftail91]

damn, i haven't even been able to land descently on a full runway at JFK much less that haha nice job

[pjvenner]

@HarleySoftail91 : Thanks :) Keep practicing, You'll get there. I remember when I struggled to hit the runway at Heathrow.

If you haven't done so already look at some of the ILS tutorial vids on here - a lot of airports don't have ILS but practicing with ILS will give you a good idea of how to approach visually or with GPS assistance.

[amillionztarz]

just use the ils :|

[aviator147]

what grpahics card do you have, its amazing!

[pjvenner]

@aviator147 : 9600GT but Ram & processor are more important in FSX. See details on the right for full specs.

[aviator147]

what pisses me off lol, is that something is wrong with my scenary, i downloaded a popular scenary file that even has the road going up the island, but the runway is actually inside the mountain with only a tiny bit showing, any ideas?

[pjvenner]

@aviator147 : I'm no expert on that but it might be something to do with the order of your scenery library... that's just a guess though - hope you sort it. Check the documentation for your scenery too, it might have troubleshooting tips.

[cd949604]

what is the name of this song

[pjvenner]

O Fortuna - It's in the details section :)

[nickruelamasu]

wow O.o

[matthewnuf]

hi people can anyone help me or not on fsx when i land my plane a stop so quick isa there a more relisit way to land

[engaerik]

That must have been a good feeling when you finally nailed it! Well done, and it looks insane with such a big plane on such a short runway.

[Kai8593]

i flew to the same airport with a boeing 747-400 and its possible

you just have to do a very slowly approach and you have to use all your flaps and when you landed you need shear reversal

[pocher2nd]

there must be any cheat cuz that is impossible!

[pjvenner]

It's not impossible, but it requires serious perseverance. Under those weather conditions I'm lucky if I succeed on 5% of landings.

[Dingster001]

If your plane accelerated that fast reverse when stopped you must have been on 0 fuel and 0 fuel load....

I've landed in a 747-400 there 0 knot winds and realism to full on settings why don't you try.

[lalulala73]

Flytampa?

[pjvenner]

Correct. I mentioned it in the details.

[gillimilli]

where you get the scenery

[jesuistahmid]

you did the approach on 100kts? how... empty tanks and empty everything else? :P

[alex6714]

Probably had quite a strong headwind.

[jesuistahmid]

was only 18 kts

[pjvenner]

Yep.. No passengers, no baggage, Just the pilot & co-pilot & the bare minimum fuel. It says 0% but obviously it was 0 point something because I still had reverse thrust. I tried stronger headwinds but flying on the edge of stall speed, the increased windspeed fluctuations meant that it stalled every time.

[GIANNHSPEIRAIAS]

if i put 300mph wind i will land with 3 knots:p

[pjvenner]

The 300+ is the direction of the wind in degrees from magnetic north - the next figure is the windspeed in knots.

[adw28productions]

the deafult 747 is not realistic..if you would have stopped with a PMDG 747 then maybe I would believe it could be done in real life...good job!!

5*

[greatbrita]

you used reverse thrust below 60KIAS engine would have failed. and a 747 does not stop that quick

[pjvenner]

I know... didn't you read the notes?

[greatbrita]

sorry no i didnt. but i see you want to beat a challenge i respect you for that but mate...fs9 is more realistic than fsx, fs9 is more of a simulator! fsx worked most hard on graphics and 40% is all glitches and errors...seriously dud think about it, peace out

[pjvenner]

I've not played FS9 but I hear u, thnx for coming back. Peace.

[greatbrita]

consider playing it...i aint bein horrible to your vid or ote but i play fs2004 and i have just tried landing the 747 on there and i have fly tampa scenery...didnt even get to 60KIAS with revers thrust i overshot and fell into water and i touched down at 130KIAS...=D...check my vids please rate comment n prob subscribe

[pjvenner]

1 FS is more than enough for my PC & I like the eye candy in FSX.

My 1st landing attempts were similar to yours... it took a lot of fails before I got it right.

[zaphr89]

I disagree, though fsx is a big improvement over fs9 when it comes to graphics it has also improvements to the realism, and most (note im saying most) glitches have been fixed in fsx sp2. But you're right about the realism on the default planes, its crap. The pmdg and some other payware addons like Lvl-d etc are quite an improvement however. just my two cents :)

[JamesSkylarLaneRushi]

STFU fas is better always will be better so suck that

[zaphr89]

@JamesSkylarLaneRushi I guess you dont want to be taken seriously.

[JamesSkylarLaneRushi]

Wat are u tlking about

[zaphr89]

You tell me to STFU just because i have a different opinion than you, thats what im talking about.

[lamefilms]

an airplane can stop surprisingly quickly when its empty. an empty 747 can take off on a 2000 foot runway, and land on about 2200 feet, with MAX autobrakes and all that jazz. but not 400 meters... lol.

still entertaining video m8

[greatbrita]

okay bro i hear ya, thnx for not bein a dik like most others

[wikinick257]

an "empty" 747 wouldn't even be able to start its engines, no fuel lol

[minijeppe]

Hell of a hard landing but I suppose you flew really slow to be able to stop in time? :)

[pjvenner]

Thanks. Yep, I flew as slow as I could do without falling out of the sky. You can see the airspeed in red at the top of the scren but you may need to watch in fullscreen HD to read it.

[minijeppe]

Oh, didn´t notice that :P

Yeah that´s really slow man, good work

[eren23588]

acticate auto brakes to full and you will stop in time

[Jazza159]

amazing vid m8

[BeechBaron2012]

What do you use to record FSX videos?

[pjvenner]

I use fraps.

[nimrat911]

Whats the music?

[nimrat911]

sorry

I didn't read the description

Nice video by the way 5*

[pjvenner]

No problem. Thanks for the comment & rating.

[cjellwood]

blimey! i have trouble landing that strip in a Cessna

[rudyeilabouni]

Woow this is awesome!

[AddictedFreakie]

no flariung??? sucks ass

[pjvenner]

My bad but I had to make a very quick decision. Watch the airspeed on approach, I figured that flaring would either cause a stall or an overshoot. ;)

I have a clip of me landing with flare under more forgiving weather conditions... in hindsight maybe I should have put it at the end of this clip.

[rudyeilabouni]

if he flares here, he will end up in the sea

[Jazza159]

dood make a vid of u dooing it better

[pjvenner]

Thanks bud. I'm going to see if I can manage it in the PMDG 747 first, failing that I might post the clip I already have landing better, but in better weather.

[Zlin0035]

Another 5 ft and you would be in the drink XD!!!

[pjvenner]

Yup! it's a lil more than 5' but it was very tight. From the 2D cockpit it looked like I was going to get wet!

[Boeing747Productions]

Cool!!! That is awesome. Step 2: Try to Takeoff! LOL.. Impossible but extremely good video though

[pjvenner]

Thanks :) believe it or not the take off IS possible in FSX! I wish I'd thought to put it on the end of this video, but at the time I just assumed that it couldn't be done.

[planemadmatt]

What are your settings in FSX?

[pjvenner]

Too many settings to mention in FSX to mention and the best combination varies from system to system.

The best way to find it is to create a test flight with no wind using autopilot to maintain a constant speed/alt/heading & save it.

Depending on your spec start with low/med settings and monitor your frame rates whilst flying the saved flight. Up your settings 1 at a time and make note the effect on rates.

IMO, the biggest killers are light bloom, high cloud draw radius, and shadows on self.

[bubbabob303333]

What did you do, kill your engies or something b/c you hit ground and stopped really fast

[pjvenner]

You can see & hear the reverse thrusters in the clip, if I killed the engines I couldn't have done that.

I shed all passengers, started at TNCM with [I think it was] 3% fuel. Landed with full flaps, autospoilers armed, and reverse thrust from touchdown to stop, a little bit of luck... and brakes of course ;)

I had slight headwind <10kts. Any more made it even harder because naturally the airspeed fluctuates with the wind, and as you can see from the clip, I was touching stall speed already.

[JonnyBgood41]

I would have stopped 40ft shorter than you did..But then again, I tend to lie..Nice vid.

[fsxvideos737]

what payware ?

[pjvenner]

All the add-ons seen here are payware... Flytampa St Maarten, Aerosoft's Seahawk, and Real Environment Xtreme. Only the 747 is default.

[liam5677]

wow man that was so good and you made it so i give you a five out of five!

[pjvenner]

Thanks dude.. appreciated :)

[ponne951]

Oh... What can I say? AMAYZING

[pjvenner]

Nice way of saying it but thanks.. I think ;) Ain't that ocean just awesome?

[Xemur]

Yeah I know, awesome graphics

[jonathankochhougaard]

Very nice landing:)

Wauw, your PC must be awesome...I get like 10 fps with flytampas SABA, without REX!

[NKCrime]

but REX increases your fps

[jonathankochhougaard]

I heard so..but I won't beleive until somewhone can prove it to me ..:D It a lot of money..

[pjvenner]

Thanks bud. My PC isn't that awesome [I've added the spec. to the video info], Scenery packed cities or busy airports bring it to it's knees - I get about 8fps at Heathrow with full traffic using Traffic X, even with light bloom & lens flare turned off.

I didn't do a 'before & after' test, but I don't think REX harmed my frame rates at all, indeed, they may even have improved.

[jonathankochhougaard]

Ok, thanks for the info.

I will say my fps are about the same at locations like EGLL..using full WOAI, and settings..well 50% :)

Once again thanks for the video

[zaction]

Love it! Well done mate

[zaction]

Love the Seahawk ;) Great music. I hope it doesn't get axed like so many do.

[pjvenner]

Thanks... Great minds eh? Would be a shame if it were axed :(