But I've seen videos and read about incidents where planes that got into spins, stalls, and the like... had to be pulled up gently, to not risk structural damage.
This makes sense, but I think I'm being too conservative.
I like to keep climb and descent rates at 500 ft/min, I don't do fast and tight turns on purpose, because I don't want my virtual Pilot or the machine to be too stressed.
But this also leaves me with doubts about landings especially. Since I don't go for dive bombs, I often have a really long descent.
This has caused me to crash on some smaller airfields, and while that's a skill issue for sure, but this 'cure' of going safe and slow in those cases were much worse than the problem.
A virtual punch in the guts or some stress on airfoils.
So. Realisimstically speaking. How much punishment can the Cessna withstand, roughly? Repairs are free in the game, and no hospital bill (simulated black/redout though!)
The vertical speed indicator goes to '20' after all, in either direction.
So maybe going full divebomber is okay too? Rocketship into the air?
If the recovery is smooth enough? Can she handle extreme banking changes? She sure seems nimble by nature.
Speaking 'Realisimstically' because reallife and model might not match 1:1 for damage, but still. I might just be too conservative.
If that is a good trait, then that's fine, too. But I also feel like I'm not giving the plane it's full credit.
Is there a rough guideline, perhaps "as long as it never goes more than 1.5Gs you're definetely fine"? Or something like that?
Edit:
Basically: Would a reallife pilot of this plane think I'm flying like a grandma?
Edit2:
....I just realized (by accident) that the ? key brings up a more detailed sheet than the 'about this plane' menu entry.
It lists a bunch of
And I will look into them now.
...starting to feel a little silly with making threads and then randomly gaining some insight about it... I swear I'm not jumping the gun with these. I do wait and think about it first. Lol...
Okay, Va seems to be speed for maneuvering. So at 99kts one should not be too abrubt, yes?
How does vertical speed come into it, though?
If I, theoretically, fly slow enough, throttle wise, that only through a dive it would speed up, but stay below 99kts: Would that allow for some tight maneuvering? Like yanking the plane back up?