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Visible effects on the aircraft of weight loaded on board...

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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:

 

Tns02.jpg

 

And here it is sitting empty:

 

eNxoT.jpg

 

 

 

The Cub with full tanks:

 

iDwvR.jpg

 

And dry:

 

4f3ic.jpg

 

 

 

The RV-6 bagged out:

 

izstB.jpg

 

And drained:

 

hhJ85.jpg

 

 

 

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:

 

gh1K1.jpg

 

And at idle:

 

lNGyp.jpg

 

 

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

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)

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 Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;

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