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FS2002 - crash tolerance
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 |
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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 |
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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. That's what I thought. Then FS2002 sucks :-( Can't one make some changes in the config files to make crash tollerance more realistic? Greets, latet |
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 21:08:30 +0100, "latet" wrote:
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. That's what I thought. Then FS2002 sucks :-( Can't one make some changes in the config files to make crash tollerance more realistic? 500 ft/min are like a free fall from 1 ft. It would not destroy the airplane, at least if you land on the main gear. Try 1000 ft/min, this is like a fall from 4 ft. and more likely to cause permanent damage. Cheers http://www.codecpage.com |
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