![]() One field can be soft, another less so, depending on conditions. It is an airplane, not a 4x4 Jeep.ĭCS has different ground conditions, btw. ''Rugged undercarriage'' and ''rough landing/takeoff capability'' is not the same thing as ''off road ATV''. Edited Augby GeckyĪ prepared landing strip (ie compacted dirt runway) or a highway is not the same thing as ''a field''. I am very thankful that it (and other FC3 planes) have received some attention in the last updates. If it could take off and land in at least the flattest grassy areas in the map, and rearm/refuel in FARPS, it would certainly introduce a welcome (and realistic) added dimension especially in online play.īTW I have many aircraft in DCS but find myself often going back to the frogfoot because it is where I started and have much love for what humble airplane it is. If the DCS frogfoot will be more accurately modeled in this aspect I think it would be a perfect balancer for the aircraft which is already handicapped to begin with (having no air radar, no afterburner, and minimal A2A ability). Which really gives the nickname "frogfoot" justice. In the internet, I even spotted this picture: I think this issue really betrays the character of this aircraft. In this video:Ī SM3 frogfoot is shown to clearly have this ability, with the bounce in the landing gear even suggesting that this is a much less even surface than the typical grass strips for small aircraft in flying clubs. I'm surprised to find out by accident in an online server yesterday that I am even able to land on the grass beside the runway in the A-10 with minimal damage, despite its evidently flimsier gear (I haven tested what other aircraft could do this). ![]() In DCS landing a Su-25/T on grass or getting out of pavement at speed is suicide (even in the flattest, most even grass beside a runway)). If you do get it at speed over grass, it currently also has one of the worse off-road ability in DCS. ![]() The Mig-29 seems even better modeled for it, which defies logic just looking at those tires compared to the extra fat ones on the Su-25. This is if you can even get back, as it gets stuck in the grass regardless of weight! I just tested this in the grass beside the Gudauta runway: a Su-25T w/ no weapons, 50% fuel wouldn't budge even at full throttle and wiggling the front wheel. If you fall off the narrow taxiways in a Su-25 (due to lag or for whatever reason), it's almost impossible to get back on without breaking your nose wheel steering and blowing a tire (having to repair or respawn). It would have been less frustrating if it were made to be just the same with other DCS aircraft, but as it is now we have to deal w/ the fact that it probably even has the most fragile landing gear in the entire sim. My frustration in it is compounded by the fact that the real plane is even designed to have tougher than normal landing gear and was was specifically required the ability to take off/land in ill prepared dirt/grass fields by Russian Air Force as a front line attack aircraft (along w/ the ability to run on diesel). This has probably been discussed already, but I just want to express my frustration in the brittleness of the landing gear of the Su-25 / Su-25T and its inability to move over grass even when empty.
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