Landing Gear Collapses

[airmanc81]

The front landing gear on my aircraft collapse when I land.  It doesn't happen all the time, maybe about 50% of the time, but it's frustrating nonetheless.  I know it's not that I'm making hard landings.  Any thoughts?  Thanks.

[garymbuska]

What airplane are you using. I have never heard of that
My next question is this airplane made for fs2004.

[Stormtropper]

dont slam it down on the runway, let it down easy and it wouldn't break

[Bazza]

This was a frequent problem in FS2002 and there is a discussion/tutorial on it in Grumpy's Lair (see Simviation Home Page ).     I think you will find it's not so much a matter of the nose wheel gear collapsing as sinking into the tarmac - a weird effect.    I recently had this happen when test flying a new download, the P38 Lightning, although it hasn't happened since.     Have a look at the tutorial mentioned above although I understand this is a rare event to happen in FS9.

Good luck - unfortunately I am not in a position to offer you a constructive "fix" technically.

Bazza

[Boss_BlueAngels]

I've had this problem before too, but it was when I put on the breaks too hard.  When you set down on the mains first, don't just slam the breaks on, but getnly lower the nose.

[chinookie]

I've had this problem quite a few times too using FS2002. Even with the softest of landings, sometimes the wheels just sink into the tarmac. I think it's just a bug and there's not a lot you can do about it...  ::)