Flap Speed

[copseycorner]

Can the speed limit for having flaps down be changed as when using the Open Sky 757 i can never get the speed below 300Kn when on
approach,
Thanks

[ameval]

try using spoilers, and i guess you can by editing something in the cfg file of the 757 but that would be not realistic to do...

[Cydon Prax]

Try pulling back throttle and descending a lot earlier. (Normally 70 miles away should work). If you're coming over the runway numbers at
300 miles an hour, it is definately the result of the descent planning.

The best way to fix the problem without having to change near-realistic internal settings is to just descend earlier, and at a lesser pace
(Not nose-diving.)

If you still can't get over the runway lower than 300 knots, you can edit the speed limit in the FSP files. :p

[Ceemosp]

300 kts on approach...jeez...if I want to find you I just follow the trail of ripped off flaps that you surely must leave behind

Flaps limiting speeds (structural) in KIAS:

Flaps 1 = 240 kts
Flaps 5 = 220 kts
Flaps 15 = 210 kts
Flaps 20 = 195 kts
Flaps 25 = 190 kts
Flaps 30 = 162 kts

Infos about the proper procedures you can find here => http://www.757.org.uk/sops/sop1.html

This is a nice page that explains approaches with a '57 nicely => http://www.757.org.uk/sops/sop4.html

Greets

C.

[Florian Wassmann]

Hello,

Once, I heard something like that from an Airbus-captain.

The normal factor for descending is something like 1:3. For 10,000 ft your will need about 30 nm with usefull rates between 2700 and 1800 ft/min (step
by step for a smoother approach). This values are - of cause - not usefull for your final approach.
That means to start descending from FL 300 about 90 nm before reaching the destination.

Even if it is only a simple term, it works fine. In case of using IFR you'll get your flightlevels from ATC automaticly.

[SkyAirWorld]

There are calculators online for descent planning, but they are never 100% accurate, but then again what is?

I prefer to do the calculations myself, I'm used to it thought so I sort of have a leg up being that its part of my job aswell as a few others on
here (RL Pilots)