F-15 LG Fragility

[slaintemaith]

I'm greasing in on the 'Landing' mission in 2.0. -100fpm or so. Invariably I list to the left upon touching the runway and it breaks the left landing gear. (I know this because upon touch and go, it doesn't go up.

WTH?

[MegOhm_SD]

Don't list and use less grease

[Nerd1000]

Are you being affected by a crosswind?

[GGTharos]

What's the gross weight when landing?

Edited June 11, 2016 by GGTharos

[slaintemaith]

Grid weight is unknown. It's the default landing mission 2.0 quick flight

There may be crosswind. I'm touching down centerline, though.

[gnouze]

It's that your vertical speed is too high. It should be near zero, as if you were rejecting the ground but without climbing. Of course, landing distance increases but it doens't lead to a main gear collapse.

I experienced the same difficulties at the begining (and I fly in RL ; 450 hours) but now, i succeed about 3 out of 4 landings. I too believe that the model is too fragile and also too unstable (yaw axis, on the ground, particularly while braking).

But we'll have to do with it..

[Ktulu2]

Hmm...What kind of lodout do you guys have? I can't remember having any trouble with the F-15, Although most of the time I land I'm near being winchester and with at most 3000LBS. Are you guys landing with three full bags? Or are you guys touching down at 250 KTS?

[GGTharos]

The design limit for the LG is 600fpm@36000lbs.

 

The heaviest configuration we can achieve right now is about 55000lbs, which would have a limit of 390fpm if I got my math right.

[Ktulu2]

Are you sure about 600 fpm? Assuming this means 600 feet per min thats 6 Knots...

 

Is that in FPS or Vertical speed?

[GGTharos]

Correct, the gear is rated for that descent rate.

[Winston 60]

What's the gross weight when landing?

Yes, a high weight when landing is usually the culprit. The DCS F-15C has a nicely working "Fuel Dump" so use it to shed some weight before touching down.