Ouch. That was what we usually call an 'arrival' instead of a landing. Very nice and stable but pulled the power off way to early.
Due to the lack of energy pulling the nose up didn't help much.
What makes such touch downs even worse is when you continue to pull back on the stick/yoke until touch down because you are simply rotating the main gear even faster onto the runway. However this does happen IRL as well of course.
This is a famous example of how not to it. Btw, the plane was grounded afterwards due to structural damage.
"Wir haben den Flughafen getroffen und versenkt!"
Ouch that hurt, good thing it has that third gear in the middle to account for hard landings like this one 
good thing it has that third gear in the middle to account for hard landings like this one
Now I know why there's a center gear!! Is it a customer option?
Now I know why there's a center gear!! Is it a customer option?
Comes with the longer versions of the A340 as far as I know. But you can't order them anymore afaik, so no option anymore 
just realized in the first video, shouldn't forest grounds be darkened?
(unfortunately i can not run trees with my PC, so i can not test it myself)
check this one out, looks like real:
Perfect landing are only 50% or all landing.. trust me
Ben
Thanks HiFlyer for that excellent video. Time to challenge our landings skills!.
Cheers, Ed
