ryguy 10 Posted August 8, 2010 There's one problem with A2 planes: Arma 2 built in the failure where if you damage the gear it won't let you bring it up/down. But on a gear failure you have to eject since there aren't any emergency landings: Once you touch your belly to the ground, the plane immediately explodes. I think you should make it easier to do belly landings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darkhorse 1-6 16 Posted August 9, 2010 Well, heres the thing. If your gear is stuck in the down position, you can (and many have) make a semi "safe" landing. It depends on the skill of the pilot. Say 1 wheel is gone or is stuck in the up position, a skilled pilot, if he decides to try and land, can keep the aircraft level until the last possible second, so that the chance of it cartwheeling is small. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryguy 10 Posted August 9, 2010 Yea, I guess I worded that wrong. The problem is if you get hit and can't put your gear down at all, the engine simply won't let you land on your belly. The partial-gear landings are actually pretty realistic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mudkip 0 Posted August 9, 2010 I've done belly landings in ArmA 2, you just suck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darkhorse 1-6 16 Posted August 9, 2010 ^ Reported for spam & flame baiting. @ryguy: Belly landing are possible, but very very rare & hard to pull off. I've only successfully pulled one off in a C-130 & i think an A-10. You will end up with somewhere around one "bar" of health, but you survive long enough to jump out. ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mudkip 0 Posted August 9, 2010 ^ Nonsense, go into the desert, put flaps down fully, fly at 5m above the ground, slow down to 100 km/h, slowly descend. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
b00ce 160 Posted August 9, 2010 Ive managed to land on my belly, taxi and take off. I don't know what's going on with you. I had a video of it, but never uploaded to youtube and got wiped cause virus. :( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryguy 10 Posted August 9, 2010 I've done belly landings in ArmA 2, you just suck. Ouch! My feelings! At least I can feel secure that I'm up-to-date on my internet memes. :icon_smile: Well my point was that it's way too easy to just explode when you scrape the ground. It's certainly not that hard in FSX even with crash tolerance set to zero. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryguy 10 Posted August 9, 2010 This is what I mean: 3ed4ygrrKg8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beagle 684 Posted August 9, 2010 Most FSX aircraft simply have no real damage model, thats it. Try a belly landing in a more real to life Simulator like Lock On or IL-2 Sturmovilk and you will raley survive high speed belly landings simply because you will end in a burning and soon exploding wreck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryguy 10 Posted August 9, 2010 Look at :12, that literally makes no sense at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beagle 684 Posted August 9, 2010 Look at :36, that literally makes no sense at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CarlGustaffa 4 Posted August 10, 2010 @Beagle: How so? 7ak3gBImhLI I wouldn't mind belly landings in the rare event that the gear suffers problems. But I've never seen it happen myself (I'm not a flyboy though), and if others can make it happen I'll buy that. One mistake in the Arma video - you land with full tanks. If you know you have to do a belly landing you should be forced to bleed off the fuel. So it should only work if you have very little juice in the tanks - and thus only be rewarded to the really patient pilots. So, a lot of code for so little gain I guess... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryguy 10 Posted August 10, 2010 Look at :36, that literally makes no sense at all. What about that doesn't make sense... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beagle 684 Posted August 10, 2010 What about that doesn't make sense...The model has no correct contact points (scrape) defined in its .cfg...the wings just sink into ground...this means there ca'nt be any simulated damage from ground contact to it. In fact onykl very, very few FS aircraft, all of them high grade payware addons, have a damage model at all in FSX. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[frl]myke 14 Posted August 10, 2010 Did just a quick and dirty test with a success rate of 50% on belly landings. Seems it is down to these factors: - full flaps - approach as flat as possible - speed at touchdown <200 - do not land on runway but on the dirt between runway and taxiway I tried with Su-25, A-10 and L39, with all i could do successful belly landings if the above conditions are met. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tyler4171 10 Posted August 11, 2010 (edited) is an example of me doing this witha C130, its not all that hard :) Edited August 11, 2010 by tyler4171 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites