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I was crusing around in the Cessna Skylane, or which ever one it is that has the retractable gear.  Anyway, every time I tried to land, I would shove the nose in to the ground as if the nose gear wasn't there.  It would not be detected as a crash, so I even used the slew to try and land again.  I tried 5 times with the same result each time.  My gear should have been out because I have failures turned off.  At first I was doing 85-90 knts.  Then I slowed it down each time, the last time I was on the ground at about 50 knts with just the 2 back gears touching.  I tried lowering the nose down, and even with a very gentle rate still dug in.  I haven't landed this plane before, so am I doing something wrong here?  I'm thinking of coming in at a higher rate of speed so I can land without having to flair as much.  But I have to go to bed soon, and don't want to try again tonight.

BTW, this was happening at KBGL, right next LAX if it makes any difference.

Are you using runway #30?
{main runwa}
just did 2 landings
one at 70#s full flair and one at
90#S hit and stick
no problems
have you added any scerney in CA?

[quote]I was crusing around in the Cessna Skylane, or which ever one it is that has the retractable gear.

check your approach

maybe if you come from too high into the runway (on a steep dive) you'll be forced to land on your nose gear

since the nosegear is not designed to withstand the stress of a landing, it breaks off

once it's already broken you won't be able to land without it

try reloading the plane on the SELECT PLANE screen, that should fix your wheel

Well, I don't know what it was, but it is fixed now.  i reloaded MSFS and it works fine.  I can't remember how hard I landed the first try that could have broken the nose gear.  I might try gear up landings late to see the sparks.  I did it with the float plane, now I think I'll move up to other props and big jets.  OOOohhhhh, pretty sparkles. lol