I have a general problem using grass strips for my bush flights.Many of them are just a flat rectangle surrounded by trees.And it's these trees which drive me mad: they're in almost all cases way too close to the flat area.To avoid scratching the tree tops during the landing, the altitude needed is so big that when extending the trajectory of the landing path, the airplane would rather settle onto ground where actually the and of the airstip is!That meand either to dangeroudly try to fly between trees (which always look different because of their nature of being autogen objects) or to start a risky dive after crossing the tops of the treeas nearest to the runway.The airstrips around KSEA have a spacier clearance area, and it's much easier to land there.Is there a way to expand the area free of trees around airstrips?I know of an EXCLUDE= switch, but wouldn't that exclude a rectangular area with two sides exactly parallel to the meridian? What if my airstrip has an angle of e.g. 45 degrees?Andreas

Ahem. Surely that is the idea?! To come in high, slow with the flaps and open windows, drop down like a feathery stone onto the strip and come to a stop 1/2 way along it!!

I agree it's fun landing there.But I suppose in reality, such airstrips don't exist.How comes the default airstrips around KSEA have larger clearance areas? Much more realistic IMHO.Glad that it's a game, if I were a pilot facing such airstrips, I'd be _very_ nervous during landing...Andreas

>I agree it's fun landing there.>>But I suppose in reality, such airstrips don't exist.>>How comes the default airstrips around KSEA have larger>clearance areas? Much more realistic IMHO.>>Glad that it's a game, if I were a pilot facing such>airstrips, I'd be _very_ nervous during landing...>>Andreas OH?DSPLCD THLD ELEV 7 FT HIGHER THAN RY END ELEV; DALGT OPNS ONLY.Markings: NSTD, in fair condition NSTD, in fair conditionObstructions: 32 ft. trees, 335 ft. from runway, 178 ft. left of centerline, 4:1 slope to clear+1' GND 200' FM RY END B. 63 ft. trees, 485 ft. from runway, 90 ft. right of centerline, 4:1 slope to clearRWY 27 18:1 TO DSPLCD THLD; +50 FT TREES 560 FT 130 FT R; 11:1 BASED ON DSPLCD THLD; +20 FT BRUSH 1-240 FT 100-30 FT L; 10:1 BASED ON DSPLCD THLD; +68 FT TREES, 915 FT FM DSPLCD THLD, 190 FT RIGHT, 13:1 BASED ON DSPLCD THLD; +15' TREES & BRUSH, 1-240 FT 30-60 FT R; 4:1 BASED ON DSPLCD THLD.RWY 27 1-20 FT TREES; FENCES; BRUSHES & HIGH GND 0-200 FT FM RY END L & R. And the runway is like 35ft wide:-lol KO7 Rolla MO. Regards DN

Many of those fields in reality have trees close to them, it all comes down to practicing steep approaches in shortfield aircraft like the Pilatus Porter and the DHC Beaver.Come in steep, flare just at the last moment, and settle her down with minimum forward speed.Takes practice but can be done.