TheMightyPilot wrote in Sat Apr 21, 2018 5:24 pm:TheMightyPilot wrote in Sat Apr 21, 2018 5:22 pm:Challenge Accepted, Been wanting to do this for a while now, I can see that it would be possible in SIM. However, it would be one hard landing and not all parts would be on the aircraft if FG supported that, but still upright.
Just so I'm clear, I do not need to TO again (turn 747 around and TO). The rules are LAND AND STOP on the runway using a 747 and that's it!?
OK so I did attempt to do it (747-8 Intercontinental), however, after numerous attempts, I have come to this conclusion:YES! It is possible to land the 747
in a flight simulator at VNLK.
HOWEVER, Not in FlightGear currently (not by normal landing/normal aircraft parameters anyway). The reason I say this is due to the runway IRL being sloped for most of its length with two plateaus at either end, in FlightGear this is not the case (at time of writing), in FG we have a mostly flat runway with a little angle change at the end (I do propose someone change this airport to be correct to RL), therefore you don't have gravity to help slow you down like in RL (even though its not a lot, it still helps).
I don't recommend anyone picking this up as a challenge really, unless you have an idea on how to get the 747 stopped (without changes to airport using arrestor wire somehow, as this is cheating I think), because I was able to land it, a few times landing it on the edge and rolling, however even with full reverse thrust and auto MAX, parking brake, holding B myself, it still would not stop in time. Also, remember that it is not just the runway now in FG, there is a tower and a few planes located there. Most the times I crashed was hitting the tower, not the back wall.
Many people have landed the 777 in FG and other sims at VNLK.