Hello, everyone! This video's a little old, but I thought it was pretty good, if I may say so myself! So, I got an idea: Why not share your most amazing/funniest/unexpected terrain-related vehicular disassembly-est landings and "landings"? I've seen some impressive stuff and I don't think the art of landing gets enough focus, despite being something EVERY flying aircraft does!
Here's my video- landing in the volcano and then sideways across Bandit Airfield:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSYP4ZXWBp0
Got better landings? Please share!
I'm also up for new ideas for weird landings, if you folks have any suggestions.
And finally, remember: Every landing you can walk away from is a good landing!
@cowelly Thanks! Yeah, it's quite a bit of work- including a lot of very dry material, but afterward it'll be a huge help.
@Phaz3Shift Yep I am a Ground School Instructor - congrats on attaining your PPL and am aware of how hard IR training can be at times. Frustrating as a learner as I found out doing mine back in 1998. You can't send PMs on SP which is a shame as I'd say you know where I am if you need me: I'm following you on here anyway now.
@cowelly Oh, ground school, huh? It's definitely nice to be able to bring new people into aviation. I'm a private pilot myself, working (slowly) toward my instrument rating.
@Phaz3Shift I am beginning to like this as a game to blow off steam with if you know that saying - a k a relieve stress as I work in aviation training. With SP one can take a design or think up something that just says TODAY HAS BEEN ... 56,000 ft at Mach 2.71 and make it work! Great way of being angst-free when posting on the Forums which I am also quite enjoying. It's a great community here - the people make the game at the end of the day IMHO :o)
@cowelly Yeah, I think this is a fantastic simulator. Sometimes, the physics are a little weird, but just being able to build your own aircraft and fly them is amazing enough!
I built a contraption by accident which has proven that there is a 134,000 feet on Simple Planes - it's called a Gyrocket and it is virtually impossible to land though everything else about this spinning sensation works! One of my conventional aircraft which does land however reaches 104,000 feet before gliding back to earth successfully. Very impressed with SP - this was a good buy at the price it was available for.
@CaesiciusPlanes I'm going to do a massive exploration flight soon and I'm going to discover all of the islands, but I'd like to do that on my own. Once I find all the islands, I'll try that.
@Flightsonic Very impressive!
@CaesiciusPlanes Already done! It's toward the end of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSnEB3-GU5s
@AstleyIndustries I've done that before, but it's always fun to do it again.
Land on the bridge (since i can)
@Phaz3Shift Found some screenshots
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@Flightsonic Hmm... Now that is quite an idea. I'll have to look into that!
Does still flying count as landing? If so, attach yourself to the bomber in "Bomber Escort", I did it when 1.4 came out, it took me ages... And if that's not hard enough, make a mechanism to break off the vertical stabilizer of the bomber, and substitute for it (Plus when the bomber takes damage, even if it can still fly, it will prevent the enemies from spawning
@Flightsonic Definitely an unusual idea. I like it!
Land on the USS Tiny upside down ;3
@jamesPLANESii Are you talking about the one called "Scout Ultralight - Wheels"? It flies well! When doing stalls, it does get a little weird. Is that what you're talking about?
Actually it keeps doing a loopdy loop and then a cobra manoeuvre.
@jamesPLANESii Sounds pretty unconventional... I like it!
I might try to do a back flip in my Scout Ultralight and land.... That might work. (Back flip not loop)