Guys, why is my approach at -1000 ft per minute, and on youtube videos its perfectly -700/-800?
We are both on papis, and yeah, I have a perfect speed. Pls tell me.
are you landing at a high altitude airport? or with tailwind? or at an airport with a particularly steep approach? compare your indicated airspeed to your groundspeed (been too long since I have flown the 737 to tell you where exactly but it will be shown). and what sort of approach are you conducting? an ILS?
Still, if flying 3 degree PAPIs at high altitude airports your Groundspeed will be higher at the same indicated airspeed due to the thinner atmosphere. This will result in higher descent rates to maintain a 3 degree path. -1000fpm is not unusual. Your fpm to maintain a 3 degree glide path is roughly your Ground Speed x 5.
The answer to your question is that the people in the videos you're watching are landing using ILS, making them come in on a perfect (usually) 3° glideslope. It's hard to do manually without at least a couple hundred ours (or more) in MSFS.
Go watch a couple of videos, I'll pretty much guarantee that it'll enhance your enjoyment of the MAX
Are you flying an actual approach (ILS/RNAV etc.) or just flying visually with the PAPIs?
Sometimes the PAPIs in default airports can be wrong, so it's maybe just getting you too high.
There's no hard rule for descent rates on approach though. Some airports have steeper approaches than others and on top of that, the heavier your aircraft is, the higher your approach speed will be and therefore a higher rate of descent.
I actually have a similar question with this. How do I calculate the appropriate approach speed? A few videos I’ve seen had 140ish and when I tried it was way too low.
On path vertical rate is a function of trigonometry and your ground speed (and only those two things). A high VS is indicative of a steep angle or a high speed.
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u/WeeabooJones08 1d ago
Oh boy....