July 21, 201213 yr If you look carefully, you can see the landing gear reacts to how much weight you're putting on it in MS Flight. Here's a picture of the Maule with maxed fuel: And here it is sitting empty: The Cub with full tanks: And dry: The RV-6 bagged out: And drained: I also wanted to see how much the RV-6's nose strut compresses when going to high-power with the brakes set, because the effect is visible from the cockpit. Full power: And at idle: I've put them into an Album, as that makes it easier to see the effect by flipping back and forth between pairs of images: http://imgur.com/a/8jgWb#1
July 21, 201213 yr As well as what I mentioned here :-) Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
July 21, 201213 yr If you watch the aircraft closely when passengers/cargo are loading or unloading, you can see the plane settle on the gear a bit when it's loaded. Very cool. Hook Larry Hookins Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
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