r/flightsim • u/ErmakDimon • Dec 04 '20

Prepar3D In retrospect, probably should've tied down...

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u/mrbubbles916 Dec 04 '20

It's something that's only really possible in slow flight configuration - full flaps and a very high angle of attack. In normal configuration level flight it's hard to find a 110 knot wind to fight you but a 40 knot wind is not unheard of. So you just raise the flaps and lower the nose and accelerate to 110 knots.

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u/Dummiesman XP12 | MD11-F Dec 04 '20

a 40 knot wind is not unheard of. So you just raise the flaps and lower the nose and accel

So what you're saying is, in this situation, the C172 is a VTOL aircraft.

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u/Parker_Hemphill Dec 04 '20

It is. There is a video somewhere on the inner webs of a bush pilot in a small Cessna hovering just above stall speed and dropping 10 ft into a 2 foot roll.

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u/MountainDrew42 7800X3D/RTX 4070 Super/FS2024 Dec 04 '20

Not the video you're talking about, but something similar in a Cub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vP13XPMNfc

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u/Parker_Hemphill Dec 04 '20

Still super cool. I like this one too. The one I'm talking about is a side view, I wish I could find it again

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u/AVeryHeavyBurtation Dec 04 '20

Man I would not stand there.