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

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

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

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


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