Has anyone ever watched closely at AI traffic landing?  They down right stink at it.  There are times when I just want to watch takeoffs and landings, so I'll start a flight, but keep my plane parked.  Then I'll hit CTRL+W to cycle through the AI aircraft close by in a new window for a good view.  When I find one about to take off or land, I'll maximize the window.  It drops your frame rates because the game is paying a lot more attention to other aircraft, but it usually isn't too bad though.

Well, back to the landing parts (sorry, I always seem to go in to too much detail).  I have yet to see a good smooth landing with an AI aircraft.  Sometimes, they will just set down hard and at a steep angle and stick it.  Usually though they will bounce off the runway a bit and then glide it down right.  I even saw a Learjet litterally sink the nose to the ground, have the back gear hit second, bounce in to the air, then another hard drop and land with all 3 gear sets on the ground together.  I guess there isn't a setting to allow AI crashes.

To be fair, the behaviour of the AI traffic is governed by the FDE characteristics of the aircraft. You have to be very careful what you use in that respect. The absence of flaring is the same irrespective.

If you want a good example of "silly" with A.I. load yourself in to FS2002 in a really fast jet and try and follow any of the large AI jets on takeoff. Their climb rate is competition for the space shuttle....

Your right. They land like I do. 


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The same way you do when in Spot View, + or - keys.