Elite Dangerous - how to land perfectly on a moon base or planet - discuss here - with videos

Omnar_Grezrad

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Landing in an acceptable manner on a moon or planet... so how is this done ?


first of all you line up to the planet so that you come into the atmosphere at a point close to the base you wish to land at..


Approach the base as you get closer; try and be at an angle where you are not directly facing the ground (because wheels are not on the nose you know ;-)


So approach the base so that you close into the 7km distance ..
and apply for landing permission ...


getting permission will light the pad up and the white point above your scanner in a small disk .. will point towards your target (now pointed at your landing pad)..


swoop towards the landing pad.. like a heavy pigeon (they land well)..


as you swoop in lower, make sure your speed is reduced enough so that you can land delicately ...


stop over the centre of the pad where the landing guide scanner .. will show you the point towards the bulls eye where landing is perfect... being a little off centre is ok but being right off the pad can cause a lot of damage ! (if you turbo into the ground for example)..


so be thoughtful with your controls and afterburner !


safe flying commanders - over and out.

https://youtu.be/2yez984Jkec
 

Omnar_Grezrad

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Elite Dangerous - Approach and landing on a moon or planet from space

GPU,CPU Statistics top left - of interest to users :)...


following the good advice from flight simulators ...


we glide in but not too deep (so that we don't stall or come in too fast)
then circle around the base as we ask for permission to land,


we then align with the landing space .. coming down as close to the pad as we can like a helicopter,


finally put the landing gear out for the landing.


simply observe and enjoy the specifics of landing - learning is as simple as observation & repetition.

https://youtu.be/CvHE_qPDZkw
 

Omnar_Grezrad

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Elite Dangerous - Landing on the silver planetoid a mission from space to deliver a shippers dreams.. to you..


an interesting and mountainous planetoid to land on,
al right it's silver gray but as with many things elite ...
the formula of variety allows for planets to have a compliment of shapes and textures that compliments a universe with a flexible palette ... the planet surfaces themselves are often sterile..
however there is no doubt as to the claim that there is depth and form of an artistic and exciting nature to the voyager.


the mechanics of docking and landing are far simpler than elite frontier for example,
However they can still be challenging to the player ..
gravity (the craft is computer stabilised like anti lock breaks or automatic suspension in quality cars,
if you want to extend the challenge by 3x try landing with the thruster assistance off - fly in without the computer compensating for most of the gravity effects, I assure you that is a bigger challenge than it looks "flight assistance off".


However the landing / docking is simply a matter of taking your time to enjoy the terain ...
Slow down to a safe velocity,
Ask for permission to dock.. at 7.5km or less..
line up with the light pad (read the number in-case more than one pad is light up (someone else may be docking)..
fly toward the pad (keep in mind that gravity is in effect and slowing down can make you descend towards the ground)
(your craft has shields and you would be mad to attempt to dock with them off; when landing on a planet)


smoothly accelerate towards the pad,
Slowing down as you get closer.. (keep in mind that inertia means deceleration is not instant).


gently line up with the pad and approach so that the docking radar starts..


use your controls to line up with the bulls eye,
then descend to the pad keeping your space craft level with the zero marker on your display HUD..
then dock.


mission accomplished.


https://youtu.be/Qf5ms-VJwWY
 

Omnar_Grezrad

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a little bit of too fast - something to smile about : every landing is an adventure

an interesting and mountainous planetoid to land on,
al right it's beautifully coloured & textured but as with many things elite ... quiet, interesting and quiet.. lol


https://youtu.be/tjIEbOOyNuQ
 

Kaybe

Kaybe
Typically, if I approach the planet in the blue zone, and then come in on the base at around a 45 degree angle, I'm usually exactly where I need to be to glide and then break out of glide less than 10km out. After that, pull up hard and boost to cut your downwards momentum. After that, landing is fairly easy.
 

Omnar_Grezrad

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confidence with skill, make no mistakes - land but not ill ;-)
kaybe :)

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Landing on the strip - docking on a very rocky planetoid..

quite a luxury in comet smashes on this moon... haha


glide in to the 7.5km mark and request docking from your contacts page...


circle towards the pad with the number your requested to dock on...


glide towards the pad (usually the number should be pointed at .. so the buildings are in front of you.)


(there are occasions where you have the dock buildings behind you; but it has only happened to me 4 times)


as you can see i pressed the key for landing gear...
following the little circle to the left i had found my pad and as you can see the point is solid white meaning i'm facing the target...
when your close to the pad with your number floating over i..
(not always the case because some times there is no number - however the little dial to the left will still point towards the right pad)


line up with the centre of the circle in the pad and on the hologram on your dashboard centre...
Make sure your ship is the right way up by rotating it so the pad is at the bottom of the screen.. and carefully move forward, adjusting the left and right movements so that your ship is hovering over the circle and lower yourself down gently,
keep the ship aimed forward rather than down or up .. so that you line level with the landing pad as you coast in to land...


https://youtu.be/spOhFejMdHw
 

excalibus

excalibus
just wanted to say nice thread, watched the first video - you dropped out of glide rather short of the base probably due to either being too steep or too shallow would be my guess at a glance...

when I am flying down to a planet surface (base or otherwise) I keep the area where I want to land at between -30 and -50 degrees on the artificial horizon, and adjust that as I am getting closer to the base (from when you enter orbital cruise) I try to keep it so the altitude and the total distance numbers are close to each other and counting down at around the same rate. Doing this usually sees me enter glide and drop out of glide about 4km - 6km from the destination, a quick docking request and then down onto the pad if I am docking or either boost or fly down to the planet surface to within 200 - 300 metres and level off to find a suitable landing spot.

Works for me on the many many landings I have done, just be wary about using boost if you are trying to land on a high G world and remember if in doubt point your nose up to the sky and hit boost :D
 

Omnar_Grezrad

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excalibus said:
just wanted to say nice thread, watched the first video - you dropped out of glide rather short of the base probably due to either being too steep or too shallow would be my guess at a glance...

when I am flying down to a planet surface (base or otherwise) I keep the area where I want to land at between -30 and -50 degrees on the artificial horizon, and adjust that as I am getting closer to the base (from when you enter orbital cruise) I try to keep it so the altitude and the total distance numbers are close to each other and counting down at around the same rate. Doing this usually sees me enter glide and drop out of glide about 4km - 6km from the destination, a quick docking request and then down onto the pad if I am docking or either boost or fly down to the planet surface to within 200 - 300 metres and level off to find a suitable landing spot.

Works for me on the many many landings I have done, just be wary about using boost if you are trying to land on a high G world and remember if in doubt point your nose up to the sky and hit boost :D
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boost right into the sky ^^ *hits star*
 
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