Landing issues with FDL - won't engage on pad???

So I'm sat on the pad, bang in the middle and the damned thing won't dock. :mad:
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I slide it around on the pad 'til eventually at some random point near the circle but in the red I finally get to dock.
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This has happened several times since I got my FDL.
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'just me?
 
So I'm sat on the pad, bang in the middle and the damned thing won't dock. :mad:
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I slide it around on the pad 'til eventually at some random point near the circle but in the red I finally get to dock.
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This has happened several times since I got my FDL.
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'just me?
the FdL is a little tricky to dock. sometimes I'll hit the landing gear button when i enter the mail slot and i'll be sliding on the pad for about 10 seconds before suzy tells me that the gear is actually deployed, at which point i get an angry sizzling sound from the shields and my ship will rise up a few meters as the gear comes out.

just take it slow and it should be fine. the FdL is a gentle(wo)man's ship and should be flown as such. :)
 
So I'm sat on the pad, bang in the middle and the damned thing won't dock. :mad:
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I slide it around on the pad 'til eventually at some random point near the circle but in the red I finally get to dock.
-
This has happened several times since I got my FDL.
-
'just me?
Not related at all, just wanted to let you know it's Internet Explorer/Edge that's not allowing you to have empty lines in your posts. I changed to Chrome and the issue is gone.
 
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Not related at all, just wanted to let you know it's Internet Explorer/Edge that's not allowing you to have empty lines in your posts. I changed to Chrome and the issue is gone.

I only use IE because the Launcher always defaults to that...

It works!!

Yay in Chrome!

+1 rep

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the FdL is a little tricky to dock. sometimes I'll hit the landing gear button when i enter the mail slot and i'll be sliding on the pad for about 10 seconds before suzy tells me that the gear is actually deployed, at which point i get an angry sizzling sound from the shields and my ship will rise up a few meters as the gear comes out.

just take it slow and it should be fine. the FdL is a gentle(wo)man's ship and should be flown as such. :)

Yes exactly this! Sliding about, very embarrassing!
 
Back in the day, we occasionally encountered a bug in high-lag situations where a recently used docking pad didn't reset and was still facing the wrong way when you came in to land. If your ship image is reversed (ie facing you) on the docking guide that appears on your scanner, that's what happened.

Whatever the problem is, if everything on the docking guide is lined up, you're at a dead stop on the pad with your gear down and your ship still isn't captured, just relog and you'll spawn in space outside the station and can re-request permission and re-dock
 
Pitch up, the FDL's gear or its landing pad HUD seems to have become a little buggy recently, and you need to pitch the nose a bit more than seems comfortable for it to dock.
 
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