I find that in light aircraft FS is really unrealistic in the fact that you can be coming down at 200 fpm and when you touch down, its like the plane has huge suspension built into it.. Ive flown several real aircraft, and ive found that when ya make a rough landing, the aircraft has a tendancy to "hop" a couple of times before settling down. Such a thing would put much more empisis on the final touchdown flare. I don't see why it would be a problem, because that was somthing even FS98 simulated accuratly.. (at least better then FSX) Remember how it was trying to land that Extra 300 in FS98? it took some skill to set it down nicely and not have it bounce off the runway.

You can tune that behaviour in the airfcraft.cfg file to your liking in the section 'contact points'..

You can tune that behaviour in the airfcraft.cfg file to your liking in the section 'contact points'..

How would I go about doing that? Ive never edited the cfg files before.

How would I go about doing that? Ive never edited the cfg files before.

You find the aircraft config file in the aircraft's folder, open it up in a text editor (typically Notepad), and then simply type in any changes you want to make, then save it (make a back up copy first though). You can find a list of config parameters here and an explanation of what they all do: http://msdn.microsof...y/cc526949.aspx Welcome to the world of tweaking. Note that you can also make your landings more bouncy by turning off crash detection and coming in over the threshhold at 350 mph in a 25 degree nosedive attitude. Don't try that in real life though. Al

Note that you can also make your landings more bouncy by turning off crash detection and coming in over the threshhold at 350 mph in a 25 degree nosedive attitude. Don't try that in real life though. Al

Im trying to make the simulator more realistic.. that just throws realism out the window but thankyou for the guide I will use that ans see what I can do to make my light aircraft not have super shock absorbing tires lol

Basically you only need to change the value in red (damping ratio) Below is the default Cessna 172 right main gear point.2 = 1, -4.70, 4.50, -4.01, 3500, 2, 0.5, 0.0, 0.3, 2.5, 0.7, 0.0, 0.0, 3

Try the program ECZA

EZDok

I think he is looking for a real bounce... not a head bounce.

If you're bouncing on landings, you need to work on the airmanship and not the FSX realism. I know that real airplanes do bounce, but if you land them right there is either no or very very little bounc. Particularly on complex or multi-engine birds that tend to have oleo's in the main gear. Single engines without them may bouch just a little when landed well.

No matter how good or experienced the pilot mother nature can conspire to take away the pilot's pride using her weather magic. The nature of the surface texture can also play a part in how the landing goes. Of course have an undercarriage leg drop down a Wombat hole on touchdown tends to spoil the landing as well.