The Grumman Goose is one of my favorite FSX aircraft. However, I do not like it when it come to land on land. As soon as I apply the brakes, the plane begins to flip over its nose. Does anyone know how to fix this? Thank you to anyone how can help.

Though it doesn't look like it - the Goose is a tail dragger just like the Piper Cub.That type aircraft cannot take hard braking. It will flip over, or nose over, in the real world.An incredibly good aerobatic pilot was killed that way a few years ago - Charlie Hillard.The tricks to landing a tail dragger:Land SLOW with full flaps - approx 70 mph - about 65 ktsStart bringing the flaps up immediately after the mains touchdownPull back on the elevator as the aircraft slows - the elevator full back below flying speed is your best brake.Lightly touch the brakes, on and off the brakes, do not hold them down even lightly.Do not hit the parking brake until the aircraft has come to a full stop.There are two articles in the Learning Center - one on the Goose and one on flying Taildraggers - very good. The raising flaps deal I learned from flying tail dragger fighters in FS.I keep a shortcut to the Learning Center on my desktop so I can check it easily - The main page file is in the Uires folder - lc01.htm.

If you can get a controller to use for brakes, rather than the keyboard, so much the better. The most expensive option would be rudder pedals with differential toe brakes. What I use are the gas pedals from a Microsoft Sidewinder steering wheel. Unfortunately, the pedals can't easily be used as both brakes and rudders (note to self: Dave March's Flight Deck Companion allows for context-sensitive controls, have to see if that might work), so I use the twist function on my joystick for rudders, and the pedals as brakes. In the real world, using your brakes to continuously steer yourself on the ground would wear them down prematurely, but in FSX, there is no penalty for using brake pedals as "ground rudders". I cheat and use the differential brakes as rudders on take-off and landing to keep me straight.Differential toe brakes make taildraggers much, much easier to handle on the ground, especially the Goose, the Piper Cub, the Beaver, and if you have it the Comet from FS9.The steering wheel I picked up from a bargain bin for around $20. The bonus is that driving games like GTR2 are a blast with a steering wheel setup!Jeff ShylukAvsim Product Reviewer

Thank you, that's what I figured about tail draggers. I'll put emphasis on your tips for safe landings.