At first, I thought this was just someone doing whacky stunts with the default 777, but it looks like it's the more realistically modeled payware 777!

 

Great Flight Model :lol:

I wanted to buy it, but I guess I'll wait a while yet. :lol:

Ouch... That's not nice

Help!!!!!! Oh man.... I'm almost dying here, LOL! :LMAO:

They all have their quirks... Well, unable to find some of these weird flight or overall physics model limitations / hilarious moments in DSC World, but it can happen to, I believe :-)

ROTFLMAO!!!!

 

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That was freaking awesome. Who would even think about trying that move? I was kind of afraid he would take off backwards...

 

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Lol

 

Just tried it in the PMDG 737, computer says no :(

All I could manage was a bunch of S turns up the runway sliding out, it gets so sensitive.

"As Real As It Gets" :Big Grin:

AHahahahahaha that's so funny!! I wonder how fast can the reverse thrust make an airliner go backward! I bet nowhere near that fast. Also, if the Tyre friction was correct in X-Plane, that wouldn't be such an easy stunt to do.

But................I thought the graphics looked good. Especially the helicopter shot. Just looks like XP doesn't quite model side loads on the landing gear to exact specifications.......

 

Or maybe the 777 is tougher than I expected.

But................I thought the graphics looked good. Especially the helicopter shot. Just looks like XP doesn't quite model side loads on the landing gear to exact specifications.......

You took the words right off my mouse/keyboard :-) Yes XP10 ground friction needs fixing, specially regarding the difficulties with controlling an aircraft on ground with x-winds... I don't really know it, taken the right amount of time/distance/wind a 777 couldn't accelerate to that speed on reverse (they're powerful!!!)? We still need to know how the controls responded to the input, and that's an aspect that really worries me more (and I can't test because XP10 is not installed here...). We should have reversed response from the ailerons....

Great video and a cool stunt!

 

Of course you wouldn´t be able to do this in a real 777...

 

The reasons you can in XP10 is because:

 

1. It doesn´t model sideloads on landing gear (or maybe the option of overstressing the plane was not selected)

 

2. It doesn´t model sideload stress on the wheels correctly - otherwise they would burst.

 

Other than that this looks like correct physics to me. I think it would be entirely possible to accelerate an airplane with reverse thrust to a fairly high speed, especially if the plane is very light. It would also be possible to make the plane do the sudden flip, because as soon as the vertical fin gets out of alignment with the movement direction the weathervaning would spin the plane around.

If you close the reversers during the spin and then rev the engines to maximum power, a light 777 would maybe lift up at 100kts with ample flaps and full aft body contact as you can see in the video.

 

So, in conclusion - if you don´t expect the simulator to calculate correct stress fractures of the airframe or wheels (are there sims that do?) then a stunt like this would seem not out of the ordinary

 

Jan.

real plane: $260 million, payware addon for a video game/simulator: $60............big difference :lol: