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From: naiman-jeffrey@cs.yale.edu (Jeffrey Naiman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Falcon Landing (more like crashing)
Summary: Boom!
Keywords: F-16, landing, crash
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Date: 26 Jan 91 23:33:41 GMT
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I've had Falcon for a while now, and I recently upgraded to V2.2 (I think,
not sure about number, but the most recent version in any case). 
The problem: I cannot land anymore!

Can someone who can land tell me the secret? Here's what I try to do (what the
manual says):

Speed: 125-150 knots
AOA: 8-10 degrees (flying in at low speed gives me this AOA automatically)
landing gear down (usually anyway :-)
descent rate: I can usually get down to 6ft/update, but I've even cheated
using the ' key which brings you down to 1 ft/update and still BOOM!
horizon perfectly level

What am I missing? DO I have to land on a specific part of the runway? Does
my engine have to be below a certain level? Do I have to jettison all my
weapons? Does my plane have to have no damage?

While on the subject, the AOA indexer (the arrows on the left of the HUD)
doesn't seem to agree with the AOA indicator. I'll often be at 10 degrees but
the indexer says I'm coming in too slowly. Should I watch the indexer or the
indicator?

BTW, anyone who doesn't own this game should get it. It is incredible. It
is complicated, but not overly so.

Thanks!

- Jeff Naiman (naiman@cuhhca.hhmi.columbia.edu)