latet wrote:
Hi,

Is it really so hard to crash C172?
On FS2002, I land with quite high vertical speed (-2 or -3),
the bump and the sound is rather "hard", but the plane is OK.
Of course, I have set "crash tollerance" to max. reality.
I even once lande successfuly with vertical speed -5.
Is that possible on a real plane?

Thanks,

latet

By -5, do you mean -500 feet/minute? A normal descent rate from traffic
pattern altitude to the last part of the final leg is about -500/feet
per minute. However, as you prepare for the landing flare that number
dwindles and final touch down is normally made at just a few negative
feet per minute. I would think that touching down at -500 feet/minute
would destroy just about anything except some military aircraft.

Best,

Randy