Crash tolorence?

[cessna lover]

i will keep the language clean but I am really because twice now I have tried doing a 180+ mile flight in the Cessna skylane just to get where I wanted to go and crash and get reset to the beginning of the flight does any one recommend turn off the crash box? or would that effect realism?? I find it really annoying to do a long flight just to get reset back to the home field with a bent airplane and have to start all over again

[Medtner]

Turn off all crash detection. I've had that off for years with no problem.

The thing is that if I ever screw up (which I thankfully haven't for years either, flying as realistic as I can), I'd know about it without having the sim stop and restart. I'd rather just continue the flight and have learned my lesson from knowing it would have been a crash.

So, again, turn it all off, and you'll be fine. (and don't crash!

[cessna lover]

thank you sir. the issue is the simulator said I hit a building.. but I had a few feet between my plane and the building so I think it is the sims crash bubble I guess you could say that thinks the plane is bigger then it is. but I will definatly turn that off and try the flight again tomorrow. I guess the old saying is right the third times the charm huh?

[Piper_EEWL]

Yes I would suggest to turn the crash detection off too. Not enough that you “crash” into invisible objects also the AI can’t wreck you anymore. This was even more annoying for me that I was hit by an AI plane and everything was ruined. Mine also has been off for years without problems.

Good luck on your flight!

[cessna lover]

ah ok. so then the A2A planes have there own crash settings or something then? cause the manuals for them say set all sliders to the right for realism except crash tolerance?? so according to the manuals then this should already be off then right?

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
A2A aircraft if you hit the ground or water will bend props and such , FSX crash detection is know for invisible objects that ruin your flight , so as already been stated have that off in FSX , A2A aircraft will still get damage and ware an tare through there modelling if miss treated by you.
regards alan.

[cessna lover]

lol ok thank you. I try not to miss treat them. but next time I go up that setting will be getting changed. thanks for the help guys.

[MarcE]

the crash detection works fine (more or less) as long as you don't use any addons.. As soon as you change anything, turn it off. I guess it's a leftover from Microsoft's arcade approach days... I'm not sure about how it works in P3D but in FSX all A2A airplanes were built as float planes to make ditching (and I think belly landings) even possible as the sim would have detected it as a crash if you had landed the P51 with wheels up or ditched the Cessna.

[Oracle427]

There are numerous very bad crash detection zones aloud stock objects in the sim. You will crash into things that are seemingly a safe distance and get frustrated. I recommend shutting it off.

[Skycat]

Turn crash detection off. You can still smash into terrain and be killed by mountains so it is not a God Mode cheat.

[bullfox]

Until I got FSUIPC I saved about every 10 minutes to avoid having to go back to the beginning if the system or airplane crashed. With FSUIPC there is a utility that can be set up to do automatic saves at regular intervals without going out of the flight. Since getting that utility I no longer have to do regular saves on my own.

[crippy]

I was just like you, I thought leaving crash detect on would be realistic.

I found after landing at a grass strip, and running over literally a piece of grass on the runway, that crash detection....is a curse XD Especially if you take paper maintenance logs like myself for every plane.

So yes, I recommend disabling crash detection. If you are smart, and safe you should never be in a position to need crash detection anyway.

[Bruce66]

After reading this thread and some recent experiences I have turned crash detection off.

The main reason for me is that crash detection treats every little bump as fatal. In the DC3 the other day I was on the taxiway at full stop when a baggage cart rammed my tail sending me back 4 hours to my departure airport. That alone is enough for me to turn off crash detection!

( I can't figure out why that baggage cart was driving on the taxiway in the first place! It was ORBX Iceland demo in a snowstorm if you are curious.)

[cessna lover]

I was just like you, I thought leaving crash detect on would be realistic.

I found after landing at a grass strip, and running over literally a piece of grass on the runway, that crash detection....is a curse XD Especially if you take paper maintenance logs like myself for every plane.

So yes, I recommend disabling crash detection. If you are smart, and safe you should never be in a position to need crash detection anyway.

yes I do keep logs for all my A2A planes. each on e has a log book. ok so this is the 3rd time I am trying this flight I want to do. but I turned crash detection off. but 1 question if you mess up you can still bend props and things right? it just won't reset to the start of the flight?

[alan CXA651]

Hi.
No it wont reset the flight if in an A2A aircraft , but you will need repair prior to next flight .
regards alan.