Off airport landings

[Colin Payette]

I was just enjoying a nice evening watching the lights come on at KHND and flying the pattern in an ultralight on 35L. It was my first time in the plane, and it went well for a while, until I said "I bet I can stop this thing before taxiway B". Well, I stopped it before taxiway A... upside down on the grass.

What happens in this scenario? Do the controllers see that the plane has gone down? I just advised I'd disconnect but I'm curious if the controller knew why.

[Keith Smith]

We use a scope to control at the tower level and aren't able to see pitch, roll or yaw.

[Colin Payette]

Ok, next time I'll let the controller know what happened.

[Ryan Geckler]

We use a scope to control at the tower level and aren't able to see pitch, roll or yaw.

Let's get a virtual tower set up

[Calvin Waterbury]

For added realism don't say anything and don't move. Certainly ending upside down on the grass would be very debilitating or even fatal (the engine would most likely have landed on top of you) and the possibility you would have damaged your radio beyond use is also likely. Just a thought.

[Colin Payette]

True. But you have to move at some point to clear up the runway, unless someone knows how to use a Skycrane in the simulator

Actually FSX automatically moved me back to my parking spot shortly after.