Final Flight for this Delta 747 into Pinal County Airport

Screaming_Emu said:
I've done two straight up visuals and they both actually went really well. I fly a lot smoother when I'm not chasing the flight director around. First was a side step from an ILS in OSN. Once we started the transition I asked the captain to turn off my FD because it's kind of hard to ignore. The other one the captain thought I was relying on the FD going into ANC so he turned it off. ILS to a visual at about 1000ft and he was surprised when the needles didn't move.

If I struggle with anything, it's getting the right rotation rate on takeoff. I always seem to think about a tail strike in the middle of it and my rate ends up a little too slow, leading to being a bit above V2 on climb out.
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The V2++ was an issue for a bit as well, but I've managed to make a point of sticking that. I haven't had a landing at much above mins lately, but I'm very much aware of where I suck - visuals. And have been trying to rectify the issue. But it seems you either get a real ILS to all but mins or the capt will have nothing to do with F/D's off even if the ILS is plugged in.
 
Screaming_Emu said:
I've done two straight up visuals and they both actually went really well. I fly a lot smoother when I'm not chasing the flight director around. First was a side step from an ILS in OSN. Once we started the transition I asked the captain to turn off my FD because it's kind of hard to ignore. The other one the captain thought I was relying on the FD going into ANC so he turned it off. ILS to a visual at about 1000ft and he was surprised when the needles didn't move.

If I struggle with anything, it's getting the right rotation rate on takeoff. I always seem to think about a tail strike in the middle of it and my rate ends up a little too slow, leading to being a bit above V2 on climb out.
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You guys climb out at v2 with all engines operating?


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Screaming_Emu said:
I've done two straight up visuals and they both actually went really well. I fly a lot smoother when I'm not chasing the flight director around. First was a side step from an ILS in OSN. Once we started the transition I asked the captain to turn off my FD because it's kind of hard to ignore. The other one the captain thought I was relying on the FD going into ANC so he turned it off. ILS to a visual at about 1000ft and he was surprised when the needles didn't move.

If I struggle with anything, it's getting the right rotation rate on takeoff. I always seem to think about a tail strike in the middle of it and my rate ends up a little too slow, leading to being a bit above V2 on climb out.
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Something that helped me out with my rotation rate is counting one one thousand, two one thousand etc per 2.5 degrees. This gives roughly 3 degrees per second. Gave me much more confidence about the tailstrike issue and after a while became instinctive. YMMV
 
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