Tailstrikes - And How To Prevent Them | Real 737 Pilot Explains

Let's talk about tailstrikes, what causes them and how to prevent them.

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[markcunneen]

The best video by Emanuel, straight up number one in my library...… legend! Thumbs up lads!

[WhiteHawk]

Just read about that Emirates 777 Dubai incident. Absolutely mind blowing that any airline pilot would wait for the FD to tell them to rotate without looking at their V speeds, no wonder they were fired, that’s not just unprofessional, it’s crazy.

[PilotJuanCarlos]

Amazing video as always, I have an idea for future videos. It would be to make study cases out of sim pilots, either from twitch or YouTube or people sending their own videos to you. However not with the point of view saying you're doing it wrong but either you should correct this and help that simmer to be more realistic and proficient. I would've love to have someone telling me "you're doing it wrong this is how it should be done" when I started back in the day. I would do it but I'm not a pilot just a very avgeek Cabin crew 😂
Ps: If you want some videos I could send you some links for you to get started

[rondon]

The point about holding off is really interesting, Emi. As someone who flies GA aircraft in the real world, I am very much prone to doing that in airliners in the sim - the strategy must be to just get it down and in the TDZ.

[theomeier]

Wann kommt entlich das EFB ???? Wäre doch eine schönes Weihnachtsgeschenk ? Seit Sommer diese Erscheinungstermine immer und immer wieder verschoben.

[MrMarcelA]

Very good video! The scale in which soft landings get more points and "bad" get less or minus points in VAs annoyes me since i watch your videos. In vRYR and a "perfect" landing is between -136 and -164. Landings between -350 and -499 get minus 10 points. xDD

[bobwright]

Wow I feel a little better about myself after watching this, or at least not as incompetent as usual haha. I all ways try to be a real stickler about following the checklist, which has all those issues you pointed out on it to remind me. Which brings a question to mind. How accurate is the in game checklist that is in msfs for the pmdg? Is it something pmdg sends as part of the 737 or is it something Asobo came up with?

[unbekannt]

Reach VR and rotate with 2 degree/second then you will be safe as well single engine

[tuhkathri]

I downloaded a third party livery and now all of my window views are heavily tinted. Anyone come across this issue before and know how to resolve it? I tried to delete all my recent liveries but it seems to have changed some kind of setting in my shaders. Not sure how to resolve it

[tuhkathri]

I've never had a tail strike but then I only fly the -600

[jetBlue]

Wait…that Emirates incident. They didn’t rotate because the command bars didn’t move?
HOW??

[juniorpasini]

And why didnt you simulate the tail strike?

[jacobwiqvist]

Maybe it has to do with the fact that the PMDG flight model is very slippery, and has too much ground effect. This means that if you pull too much on the lever, the plane will go up into the sky, which means that you have to be very careful.

When I flew in Level-D I did as I was used to at home in the simulator which resulted in a very hard landing, listen to my captain friend's comment "UP, UP, UP, UP":