![]() After touchdown it either reduces the pitch angle (for tricycle gear) or keeps pulling back to lower the tailgear and the copilot adds brakes to slow down the aircraft whilst maintaining the centerline until the aircraft reaches a complete stop. It aims for roughly 50ft above the threshold and then flares the aircraft depending on the height above ground. It then performs some final landing checks such as arming the ground spoilers and tuning on the landing lights. The copilot then extends flaps and the landing gear, slows down to pattern speed and finally approach speed as it makes the last turn to line up with the centerline of the runway. Currently sloping runways are treated as flat which means it might land long on a downhill sloped runway or do a rough landing when it slopes up. When there is no terrain around you just let it do its thing and it should look like a decent pattern after the first few initial turns. The copilot will always try to fly a complete traffic pattern unless you are already lined up with the centerline which means that it might do some strange looking turns to get you back onto the traffic pattern from your current position. The current algorithm just looks at the nearest airport and then selects the best suitable runway depending on wind direction, available runway length and other factors. The airport that is selected for the landing is always the nearest airport as shown in the flight info bar, even if you are pointing directly at another airport. The copilot can theoretically land at any airport on any runway unless there is terrain in the way in which case it will happily fly into it. The landing mode engages automatically when you are in route mode and close to your destination, the copilot then selects the destination runway as defined in the flight plan.You can also align yourself with the runway you want to land at and engage the copilot with this button to land the airplane for you. ![]() As soon as the nearest airport in the top right corner of the flight info bar is indeed the desired airport and the landing button is visible you can press it to engage the landing mode.
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