Anybody else think the ground is too soft?

[janpitor]

With as much hours in the cockpit as you guys have , you should have perfect landing almost everytime. I am a real world pilot, although I never flew taildraggers, but to me it seems clod is much better than 1946 in terms of landings. Only people with real world type hours can state anything about the particular aircraft .

[White Owl]

I was thinking about this today. I bet my opinion of the landings in this sim will change immediately once we get some functioning wind. Especially if random wind gusts can be modeled. That'll change the whole game for the better. Right now every approach is exactly the same because the air is so dead, so we only need to learn one approach for each aircraft.

PeterPanPan, I agree with you. We need a middle ground somewhere between '46 and Dover.


Edit: I think the game knew I was saying bad things about it. After posting this, my very next landing was with a dead engine. I made it to a friendly airfield, lined up ok... and just a half second before the wheels touched down, a friendly truck decided to drive across the field and cut in front of me. I clipped him with the right wingtip, slammed sideways into the ground, bounced around a lot, and ended up standing the Spit on its nose.

[omgclod]

@sternjaeger II which mod? i've got ultrapack 2.0

besides, 3.0 is about to be released soon

[Redroach]

Yeah, I've gotten rid of my parachute because of this. Every time I eject, I fall down, bounce a few times and then, I'm up on my legs again, completely unhurt!

Ground too soft? Come on!

I guess CoD, despite its problems, is in a quite awkward situation: Now, everybody thinks he is the most accomplished test pilot and can figure out very subtle issues in 5 minutes, before heading to the forums and presenting his "results". Imo, this gets more and more distracting with respect to the real issues CoD has...
For an additional example, see the 'pink guys' further down this forum

[pupaxx]

The ground is too soft?...absolutely YES!
I would like to post a video to support the thread..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XuMy...layer_embedded

I was eyewitness at this event.
This is what happens in RL. I think all sims I played (Il-2 included) are to much permissive.
Cheers

[Lord-Dante]

ouch !!! dont try this at home!!!

[Sauf]

Originally Posted by pupaxx

The ground is too soft?...absolutely YES!
I would like to post a video to support the thread..

I was eyewitness at this event.
This is what happens in RL. I think all sims I played (Il-2 included) are too permissimve.
Cheers

Looks to me that he hits a small incline in that vid, pilot error, most runways iirc are flat

Just my two cents, S`

[jcenzano]

Originally Posted by Sauf

Looks to me that he hits a small incline in that vid, pilot error, most runways iirc are flat

Just my two cents, S`

they are supposed to be flat, but if you bounce like this first thing you have to do is to go full power to try to cushion the "second" landing or to go around if you can.

i don´t know whats the reaction time for that particular engine, but at least you have to try to do something. if you leave your power back, you know that the second landing is going to be nasty.

And by the way, I think that COD landings are fine. Landing an airplane (no crosswind/flat runway) IS easier than most people think.

[Redroach]

Originally Posted by pupaxx

LoL, it's that guy's own fault if he tries to land on a jumping ramp...now imagine what would've happened on 'hard' ground - definately more than just a broken wheel (and maybe a ripped-up shock absorber or two )

[JG52Krupi]

He's very lucky that the prop didn't hit the ground otherwise the engine would have been screwed.