Try Landing a Q400

ALT SEL · Post by **ALT SEL** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 10:04 pm

Just found this link on a dansih website. "dash n Crash" . Try and land the Q400 without collapsing the gear. its in dansih but the "A"and "Z" control up and down and arrow keys control the rest. Its pretty funny but a little twisted too i guess.

http://www.dr.dk/spil/dashncrash/

THEICEMAN · Post by **THEICEMAN** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 10:16 pm

Hopefully they make the game of:

How to grease the gears properly!

futboler14 · Post by **futboler14** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 10:31 pm

haha kinda fun

Dominic220 · Post by **Dominic220** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:39 am

anyone who drives the Q4, are they *REALLY* that hard to land?

pointyertoes · Post by **pointyertoes** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 9:25 am

It's not difficult to put it on the ground, it's difficult to land it softly with any kind of consistency.

Raybanman · Post by **Raybanman** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 9:33 am

Harder than a 100/200?

thatdaveguy · Post by **thatdaveguy** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:42 pm

haha that's pretty funny

Nightflight · Post by **Nightflight** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 4:18 pm

Like "pointyertoes" says it's not that it is hard to land, but hard to grease with any consistency. You can have it perfectly set up and just when you think it's going to kiss the ground - thunk!
It's a fantastic airplane and flys pretty much like a jet. The acceleration on the takeoff roll, especially when using normal takeoff power is just awesome.

Valhalla · Post by **Valhalla** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:38 am

That game is pretty funny... and the Q400 is just like the other Dashes in that if you can land a shopping cart, you can land a Dash 8. It was built for a ton of cycles, so the gear is stiff as hell, but can take a lot of abuse.

co-joe · Post by **co-joe** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 3:14 pm

That's hilarious. I nailed it on the third try...everybody cheered...and then the gear collapses.

goldeneagle · Post by **goldeneagle** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:14 pm

Nightflight wrote:Like "pointyertoes" says it's not that it is hard to land, but hard to grease with any consistency. You can have it perfectly set up and just when you think it's going to kiss the ground - thunk!

It would be interesting to take the FDR data from a couple thousand -200 landings, and compare them to that from a couple thousand -400 landings, and compare the gear loading during touchdown on them. If indeed the 400 has a tendancy to arrive with a 'thunk', maybe SAS does have a valid gripe...

Nightflight · Post by **Nightflight** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:28 pm

goldeneagle wrote: If indeed the 400 has a tendancy to arrive with a 'thunk', maybe SAS does have a valid gripe...

It's not that significant of a "thunk".

Valhalla · Post by **Valhalla** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:12 am

goldeneagle wrote:
Nightflight wrote:Like "pointyertoes" says it's not that it is hard to land, but hard to grease with any consistency. You can have it perfectly set up and just when you think it's going to kiss the ground - thunk!

It would be interesting to take the FDR data from a couple thousand -200 landings, and compare them to that from a couple thousand -400 landings, and compare the gear loading during touchdown on them. If indeed the 400 has a tendancy to arrive with a 'thunk', maybe SAS does have a valid gripe...

Don't over-analyze Pointyertoes' description of the Q400 too much - he's still trying to figure out how to land the thing!

pointyertoes · Post by **pointyertoes** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:08 am

Valhalla wrote: Don't over-analyze Pointyertoes' description of the Q400 too much - he's still trying to figure out how to land the thing!

...exactly, which is why I have so much faith in the gear. If it can put up with the 'pointyertoes' treatment, it should be able to handle anything!

ps. I loved your PIREP the other day on the approach at TZ

"...it's like my backside, hairy but doable."

No more BS · Post by **No more BS** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:25 am

And later that night....

http://www.wagenschenke.ch/index_site.htm

F,D and H · Post by **F,D and H** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 6:08 pm

The farspillet one is really disturbing...

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 6:24 pm

"...it's like my backside, hairy but doable."

So you guys are into having anal sex with each other after you land a -400?

Interesting, is that a Jazz thing or are other -400 pilots allowed to participate is this activity??

ALT SEL · Post by **ALT SEL** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 7:13 pm

Cat driver wrote
"So you guys are into having anal sex with each other after you land a -400?

Interesting, is that a Jazz thing or are other -400 pilots allowed to participate is this activity??"

How can it be a Jazz thing if they're talking about YTZ and Q400's.. Jazz doesn't go there and they don't fly -400's..

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 7:25 pm

Hey, no problem....I'm a little out of the loop on who flys what where in Canada.

So I apologize for my reference to the Jazz guys.

pointyertoes · Post by **pointyertoes** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:55 pm

...it's funnier when you don't take jokes literally Cat.
...I guess you had to be there...

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:05 pm

I'm only jerking your chain pointyertoes....

Of course I realize it is all in jest.....

It is, isn't it???

EI-EIO · Post by **EI-EIO** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:10 pm

have the scandis programmed their "how not to lose an O-ring" game yet?