RazorTM

Here's one more video that shows in detail that you can turn the nose wheel freely in either direction even though it is in firm contact with the ground. This is completely unrealistic and the root cause of the problem.

Actually, the Vikhr tubes were empty (looks like a graphics glitch from doing a replay, since I had used all of my external stores flying the mission), I had no more AA missiles on board, and I of course used the two heavy missiles (K-29T and Kh-58U), so the plane wasn't very heavy on landing. This is a typical scenario for RTB and I bust the nose wheel every time. Landing in no wind with no weapons loaded and minimum fuel just isn't realistic for the campaign missions, so why should I do any testing in that configuration??? I think in real life that with the way I'm doing it, the plane would much sooner tip over in the turn than the tire be ripped off the rim. There seems to be no resistance to turning the nose wheel when it's firmly planted on the ground, so you can unrealistically jerk the wheel to the left or the right in this game. I think this is the root of the problem. The strength of the tire might be correct after all?

When landing the SU-25T, if I need to steer the airplane back toward the centerline, the tire is almost always ripped off the wheel, making stopping and taxiing nearly impossible. Here's a video: You can see that I started turning toward the centerline, and when I get close to the centerline, I start steering back straight so that I merge with the centerline, but the nose wheel twists way too much and rips the tire off. I'm using very gentle inputs (as gentle as I can with my crappy Logitech Extreme 3D Pro) that aren't any more harsh on this airplane than any airplane I've flown in real life, so I believe that the front tire's strength needs to be adjusted a little bit. The track file for the video above is also attached. wheelbust02.trk

Using the chute helps, of course, but when you hold down the wheel brake button at high speed, it seems as though the wheel brakes just aren't doing anything. Even touching down at the beginning of the longer runways, I always run out of runway if I try to stop without using the drag chute. That's not very realistic if you ask me. I think their effectiveness is borked.