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Originally Posted by mazex
Arghh! That is a truly awful landing and it's amazing that it did not end worse! He must have misjudged the flare completely due to low speed as he must have known the road was there? Looks like the Mustang has a gear the would fit for carrier landnings!  |
yeah, that ramp got a couple of pilots before, there's a video of a B-17 doing the same, but thanks to the big wing lift the pilot managed to hold it without causing damage.
This is the main thing I think we miss in most sims (although a now ancient sim called "Fighter Squadron: The Screaming Demons Over Europe" had it): flexible/bendable airframes. Stuff does not simply break, it bends (and it does it a lot on airframes).
AFAIK there were trials for Mustangs on aircraft carriers, but laminar flow wings can be quite unforgiving