Further to my post about how to fly the AA 727-200 Advanced aircraft (the big 18 meg download over at FSim.com) --- I have come to realise that , although I have the "aircraft stress causes damage " box ticked in the realism settings, I never ever get any stress damage while flying up until now . Now, I am getting it while flying the 727. I regularly collapse the undercarriage on landing -- got to get that worked out!! So what is it about the default and other addon aircraft that I have flown ?-- they seem too easy to land to me!Barry

HI Barry,Aircraft stress routines in Fs2002 rely on two seperate factors:- undercarriage strength, and positive/negative "G" whilst flying. You can set the "G" limits in the airfile and the gear strength in the aircraft cfg file under the Contact Points section.Regards,Rob Young

>HI Barry, >>Aircraft stress routines in Fs2002 rely on two seperate >factors:- undercarriage strength, and positive/negative "G" >whilst flying. You can set the "G" limits in the airfile and >the gear strength in the aircraft cfg file under the Contact >Points section. >>Regards, >>Rob Young Thanks for your input Rob.I take it that the 5th (//4)setting below is the relevant one -- what do you make of the setting for the 16th section here(Airspeed that gear gets damage at). The Aircraft .CFG below seems to indicate damage will occur at 0 Kts?//0 Class <0=none,1=wheel, 2=scrape, 3=float>//1 Longitudinal Position (feet)//2 Lateral Position (feet)//3 Vertical Position (feet)//4 Impact Damage Threshold (Feet Per Minute)//5 Brake Map (0=None, 1=Left, 2=Right)//6 Wheel Radius (feet)//7 Steer Angle (degrees)//8 Static Compression (feet) (0 if rigid)//9 Max/Static Compression Ratio//10 Damping Ratio (0=Undamped, 1=Critically Damped)//11 Extension Time (seconds)//12 Retraction Time (seconds)//13 Sound Type//14 Airspeed limit for retraction (KIAS)//15 Airspeed that gear gets damage at (KIAS)[contact_points]point.0=1.000, 45.880, 0.000, -8.300, 800.000, 0.000, 1.442, 60.000, 0.800, 2.500, 0.900, 7.200, 5.900, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000point.1=1.000, -14.340, -10.510, -9.000, 900.000, 1.000, 1.442, 0.000, 1.000, 2.500, 0.600, 7.900, 6.300, 2.000, 0.000, 0.000point.2=1.000, -14.340, 10.510, -9.000, 900.000, 2.000, 1.442, 0.000, 1.000, 2.500, 0.600, 8.200, 6.600, 3.000, 0.000, 0.000point.3=2.000, -34.410, -54.000, 0.000, 1.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 5.000, 0.000, 0.000point.4=2.000, -34.410, 54.000, 0.000, 1.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 6.000, 0.000, 0.000point.5=2.000, -41.100, 0.000, -3.820, 1.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 9.000, 0.000, 0.000point.6=2.000, 49.220, 0.000, -3.350, 1.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 4.000, 0.000, 0.0

I get Aircraft overstress on my defaults. On long flights, I have to turn it off so i don't crash & ruin the whole thing.