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igor5618
455,114
Achievement won on 22 Mar 12TA Score for this game: 4,083
Posted on 22 March 12 at 11:04, Edited on 05 May 12 at 09:50
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You can do this with one of free planes (Stearman is better for this).
Teleport to top of Hawaii main island upper mountain when observatory is (Mauna Kea) and try to land on one of smaller hills next to observatory. Set throttle to zero, turn off engine then turn it on again while throttle still at 0 and you will start driving back.
if you are lucky enough, drive onto some bump you can be kicked up enough so game will mark this as landing backwards.
I got mine chieevo this way on Stearman. Credits for method goes to 'XELOS vehicles' from x360a. |
rekikire x360a
346,403
Achievement won on 03 Mar 12TA Score for this game: 3,612
Posted on 03 March 12 at 00:55
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The final Maule landing challenge has you landing on a small concrete block at the observatory. You have a 60 kt wind to contend with.
Head past the landing zone and turn into the headwind with full throttle and full flaps. This will give you about 80 kt airspeed with 20 kt groundspeed because of the headwind.
Work your way towards the landing zone correcting for the gusts of wind which will throw your Maule around. When you get past the landing zone reduce your throttle slowly. When your airspeed drops below 60 kt keep the throttle at that point. You will now slowly head backwards towards the landing zone. While you are heading backwards slowly reduce your altitude, you should then touch down on the landing pad moving backwards and the achievement will unlock. |
Capta1n0bvious3
110,216
Achievement won on 20 May 13TA Score for this game: 571
Posted on 20 May 13 at 21:55
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I read all the guides and tried them. Actually I didn't try the challenge one( it wasn't unlocked for me yet), but that gave me an idea.
I set the weather to stormy and used the Stearman. I set it to take off at the biggest airstrip on Hawaii. As soon as I spawned I hit the brakes (X) and got the achievement. If you put the weather on stormy it says there are high winds. I guess the wind blew me just enough to move the plane backwards. When I stopped it registered as a landing. Go figure. But it did get me 50GS. It should for you too. |
wiirule111
70,309
Achievement won on 03 Apr 12TA Score for this game: 372
Posted on 03 April 12 at 20:51, Edited on 03 April 12 at 20:59
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I got this achievement by doing barely anything at all.
In free flight mode, i selected "Upper Pauulio Airstrip" on the map, and when the game loaded..The Achievement popped up before i started the engine. I used the Steerman plane. |