Thursday, May 27, 2010

FSX and belly landings...


Turned out I wasn't 100% correct about FSX and how it handles belly landings. Basically I discovered that any aircraft can perform belly landings, it is just a matter of how it has been configured. An aircraft has a list of so-called "contact points" and depending on how those contact points are chosen, you can have belly landings or not. I have spent a few time discussing this issue in the flightsim.com forum here, so if you want to know more details, you can have a look.

Bottom line: belly landings are always possible, you may have to change something in the aircraft.cfg file, but you can achieve the result.

This is going to be interesting, as it adds realism. I have already checked the aircrafts that I may use for the tour, and belly landings are possible (not with the Rutan, as the landing gear does not retract).


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