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Off airport landings
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 6:24 pm
by 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.
Re: Off airport landings
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 9:24 pm
by Keith Smith
We use a scope to control at the tower level and aren't able to see pitch, roll or yaw.
Re: Off airport landings
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 7:20 am
by Colin Payette
Ok, next time I'll let the controller know what happened.
Re: Off airport landings
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 7:24 am
by Ryan Geckler
Keith Smith wrote: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

Re: Off airport landings
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 8:00 am
by 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.
Re: Off airport landings
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 9:51 am
by 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.