True, this game lacks some general aviation stuff. You can still easily slow yourself down by using Yaw Axis control and literally drift on the runway.
You ending up in flames isn’t that effective though.
Because somehow it wasn’t an option, and then they made it an option, and now it’s no longer an option, maybe the game could be consistent for once.
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Please test it by yourself and don’t bring up some weird speculations.
There is nothing wrong with the runway as long as you are landing with gear.
Weird things happen if you have to make an emergency landing without gear.
Well now you know that landing with gear is good for your aircraft.
Correct.
Correct.
Yet painfully slow as I could stop and repair by the time it takes to stop with gear.
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Well if there is a problem with belly landing then i guess i’ll never be able to land a plane again.
I can’t remember the last time i landed normally.
i forgot to mention something,
the P-59 not only refuses to lose speed with wheel brakes, but also just in the air. it does not slow down unless you do a 180 but once you try to lose altitude to land you gain it all back :sob:
It’s outrageous, this change wasn’t even announced
Furthermore, belly landings are a thing IRL, gently sliding along the tarmac shouldn’t cause you to spontaneously explode into a fireball
What if you have one or more gear shot away? Too bad, you will die I guess
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Had multiple belly landings last night in Sim, including one rather rough landing where I actually ended up flipping upside down. Still repaired just fine. So either this doesnt affect SB at all. Or there is something else going on.
This was before the Update dropped, but recently I tried a belly landing with my F-14 IRIAF. I was at just shy of 400kph when I touched the runway and exploded in an Instant.
ive belly landed today, went well, but the new noices REALLY wakes you up.
You absolutely still can
Just maybe be a bit more gentle- you gotta kiss the ground, just a smooch, like you’re kissing your sister
Or land properly
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You can still belly land, but not at ludicrous speeds as before.
I’ve belly landed with four different planes, all when touchdown speed was under 250 km/h.
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I was like 80% right lol
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Basically this. I don’t belly land because I can’t land “properly.” I belly land because it is MUCH faster than a proper landing even once you factor in the repair timer.
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No, you can’t!
You can touch the runway as smooth as possible, from now on it’s luck.
As I written before, landed on belly smoothly, slided several meters without any issue and at 60kph exploded instantly.
Sometimes proper landing isn’t possible because you lost gear in combat, so belly land is needed, and it’s a normal thing in war.
There are many original recordings in YT, and guess what, not one explodes.
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I did it four times in a row with different aircraft, doubt it’s luck.