Landing an Anaconda

[clouddancer]

Some Cmdrs seem to have problems landing an Anaconda
So here is my idiots guide to landing any ship

First NEVER ENTER A STATION WITHOUT LANGING GEAR DOWN
If you don't some day you will hit boost in a station, good by ship!!!

The only instrument you need to land any ship is the Nav Compass

It is the small round display with a cross and a dot. It is to the top left of the Sensor Display

In a station if the dot is solid the landing pad is infront of you, if it is a ring the pad is behind you
If the dot is to the left the pad is to the left etc etc.
If you think of the Nav Display as a clock face when you enter a station rotate your ship until the dot is pointing to the 6 o'clock position
As long as the dot is solid slowly move forward until the dot touches the outer ring, now you will be above the landing pad
Use your thrusters to go down until the docking display comes on then correct as necessary
If you go too far forward the dot becomes a ring, just slowly reverse until it's a solid dot ang repeat above

Easy peasy, now sell your docking computer and buy something more useful

 

[Chaz]

First NEVER ENTER A STATION WITHOUT LANGING GEAR DOWN

Except that if you tried to do that in an Anaconda you'd catch the legs on the entrance. NOT advisable.

The problem I have with docking an Anaconda right now is finding a visual reference to get me through the slot without bumping the ceiling. With practice I'm sure it will come.

I think the pads that fox people most are the ones just inside of the entrance, but in time you'll memorise where they all are for the size of ship you're flying. My tip there is to always enter stations with the green channel to your right, it'll make remembering pad locations so much easier if you are always orientated the same way each time you enter a station.

 

[Poplin]

I always enter with my landing gear down in the Anaconda, you just need to favor the top side.

 

[Elpapo]

My Annie, lands on its full speed, ANYTIME. With maxed Thrusters. Thinkin Ahead, helps a bit. FA OFF slowdown it helps too.

 

[Serpentstar]

I usually come in at around 140 (I think) and drop gear as soon as I enter. Then I pitch forward and trust down (back to entrance). I can do this for the #2, #9, and #37 spots routinely...

 

[Huita]

People who fly condas usually already know how to dock.

 

[Chaz]

I always enter with my landing gear down in the Anaconda, you just need to favor the top side.

Bumping the top seems to be my main problem right now. Guess I need a lot more practice with it.

Really, you can squeeze through with the gear down? I'd be so paranoid about snagging it on the entrance grid.

 

[Magnusvermagnussen]

Dunno about everyone else, but I always seem to be 'sucked' to the top of the letterbox. No matter how I line up, I'm constantly applying down thruster it seems and trying desperately to avoid clipping my head.

I've actually had to sacrifice 16t of cargo and slap a shield Gen in there for protection. Every other ship I can slip in there no problem, but that anaconda... Mighty girthy... Mighty girthy...

 

[Valethar]

I always drop gear about 3-5k out from the entrance. My boost button is in a pretty convenient place on my HOTAS throttle, but it can become extremely inconvenient if you accidentally touch it.

And I have.

At least twice.

 

[Rasilon]

I just full thrust in, then say dock to astra and i plunk the sucker down.

 

[Nauht]

The Anaconda has a bit if a belly so favour the top. You may think you're gonna scrape the top but that just means you're doing it right.

Can't find the pad? No problem. Just fly to it upside down then flip over on top of it with gear down.

 

[Hempstead]

Except that if you tried to do that in an Anaconda you'd catch the legs on the entrance. NOT advisable.

The problem I have with docking an Anaconda right now is finding a visual reference to get me through the slot without bumping the ceiling. With practice I'm sure it will come.

I think the pads that fox people most are the ones just inside of the entrance, but in time you'll memorise where they all are for the size of ship you're flying. My tip there is to always enter stations with the green channel to your right, it'll make remembering pad locations so much easier if you are always orientated the same way each time you enter a station.

For going through the mail slot, you can cheat like I do, read this post... https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=130788&p=2002344&viewfull=1#post2002344

 

[Super_Duty]

Gear down, way to phucking slow imho. but then again, just my humble opinion.

 

[Brimstone]

I think it was Scott Manly on YouTube who described it as almost shaving the top of your head on the entrance, cutting your hair into a more efficient hair style. You literally have to feel like you're about to hit your head, and you'll be good. It's easy peasy once you get the hang of it.

 

[Whiterose]

Some Cmdrs seem to have problems landing an Anaconda
So here is my idiots guide to landing any ship

First NEVER ENTER A STATION WITHOUT LANGING GEAR DOWN
If you don't some day you will hit boost in a station, good by ship!!!

The only instrument you need to land any ship is the Nav Compass

It is the small round display with a cross and a dot. It is to the top left of the Sensor Display

In a station if the dot is solid the landing pad is infront of you, if it is a ring the pad is behind you
If the dot is to the left the pad is to the left etc etc.
If you think of the Nav Display as a clock face when you enter a station rotate your ship until the dot is pointing to the 6 o'clock position
As long as the dot is solid slowly move forward until the dot touches the outer ring, now you will be above the landing pad
Use your thrusters to go down until the docking display comes on then correct as necessary
If you go too far forward the dot becomes a ring, just slowly reverse until it's a solid dot ang repeat above

Easy peasy, now sell your docking computer and buy something more useful

I NEVER enter the tation with landing gear down, use it to slow down at the last moment. Dont use the compass, I use the mark 1 eyeball and memory of where all the pads are. I glide in and dont use thrusters.

 

[Zplintz]

NEVER enter or exit the station with your landing gear down unless you like being shot by the station for trespassing when you snag your landing gear on the grill.

You can see all the pads except the one immediately below you when you enter, if you cannot see the pad then that's where it is.

You waste more time coming into the pad too fast and overshooting than if you come in slow and get it right first time. Personally I find it safer to drop landing gear as soon as I am through the entrance.

Landing gear lowered prevents you from accidentally hitting boost (although saying Boost Engage instead of Landing Gear when using VA is a brown flight suit moment as I found out once :/)

 

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[Troa Barton]

Man this is a hot topic lately a lot of new condas in the sky.
ill have to remember to buy some Delacy stock.
i never drop gear until I'm past the doors its a good way to get shot.
anyway here's the video I made for a post a couple days ago that might help someone who hasn't seen it already.
[video]https://youtu.be/b7Emt4VzVF8[/video]

 

[CMDR Zadian Lichtfrost]

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The problem I have with docking an Anaconda right now is finding a visual reference to get me through the slot without bumping the ceiling. …

Turn on the Mouse point thingy in the controls options. It puts a dot in the middle of the screen and then you can use that as an indicator together with the side line of the slot. Since I turned that on I fly through the slot at 100 instead of 40 and sometimes scratching the ceiling with my Anaconda. And while you are at it, try to ignore the "nose" of the Anaconda, it tricks you into moving it to high and as a result you don't fly straight through the slot.

 

[CMDR Zadian Lichtfrost]

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First NEVER ENTER A STATION WITHOUT LANGING GEAR DOWN

I use the landing gear as a nice additional breaking system. Deploy landing gear the right distance form landing pad, wait for that distinct sound and then throttle down to 2x the desired speed. Landing gear will reduce the speed to x faster than going directly to x (at least that's my impression).

I never deploy the landing gear outside the station since I lost one of my first Sidewinders with the landing gear caught in the grill in front of the slot.

If you don't some day you will hit boost in a station, good by ship!!!
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Why should I accidentally hit boost anywhere? Maybe remapping the key bindings to prevent accidental button pushes is a better advice?

Finding the landing pad takes a bit of practice. The green light of the station entry slot is a good indicator. That to the right and you will find pad 1 directly at the entrance below you. After that the numbering is ascending from front to back and counter clock wise. So 4 is in the back, 5 is at the slot a bit to the right. 25 is in the middle and at the top - so you might want to enter up side down (red to the right). ((might have confused left and right/clock and counter clock wise - but basically it's the same, the pads are always at the same spot and after landing a few times you simply know where the pads are).