FSP reality: economics, passenger tolerance

[georak]

Greetings People !

3 things I would like to ask about FSP's tolerances:

1: Is it realistic to be able to make some profit, when I lowered the ticket prices so radically, that with an ATR with 72 pax (full load), 180
miles the the ticket / person was about 12 Euros? Could it be so cheep like buying a train ticket! Could this figure be achived in real life?

2: When touchdown in real life, what is an acceptable rate of decent? Because I feel (I am not a real pilot though) a 250 ft/min touchdown
for example would be a smash to the ground. Am I wrong when saying that?

3: I feel that sudden changes on the VSI dont make enough impression in the passengers. Since I never drove a real plane, I only flew as
passenger (and couldnt see the VSI ofcourse), I cannot match the visual changes in FS to real life's feeling of changes in vertical
movement. Could I rely on the tolerances in FSP in theese aspects?

Thanks in advance for kind replies...

[WBHoenig]

1) I wish, but doubt
2) No, that is an ok landing. FsP counts a normal landing as one below 600 ft/min.
3) Hmmm... FsP gets its data from FS, but I really don't see what you are asking.

[Ryanamur]

Hi there,

1- No probably not.
2- It depends on the plane. 250 fpm in a Cessna 172 would be considered a hard landing however, the same rate in a B747 with oleo
absorbtion is quite confortable.
3- I get what you're asking and yes and no. The big problem with VSI is that it's not 100% accurate. G force on the other hand is as that's
what you are feeling. So if you get a spike of -500 fpm for one second but only 0.8 G reading you're sill OK. However, if you get the same
spike but with a 0 G reading, people will freak out because they'll feel like they are in space. Bottom line, VSI is not the right way to judge
comfort, G's and visual clue (horizon movement) are.

Phil



Post Edited ( 03-08-06 15:41 )

[georak]

I see. And where is G force measured? Is there a gauge or something that indicates the momentary G value?
Thanks for the replies...

[jboweruk]

Only in some aircraft, mostly fighters and military aircraft have actual accelerometers in them, otherwise the only way to know is to press
[shift] + Z to bring up those kind of details.

[mchapel]

georak wrote:
I see. And where is G force measured? Is there a gauge or something that indicates the momentary G value?
Thanks for the replies...

In FS9 (and all other versions of FS, I believe), if you press SHIFT+Z twice you'll have an on-screen g-meter.

[mienaqt]

VSI
VERTICAL SPEED INDICATOR

I a control decent or a control climb is made then it wouldnt be uncomfortable, but if a sudden rappid decent or climb is made it wopuld
sure be

In real life on takeoff in a b737-800 they sometimes reach a climb rate of 3500f/imn and its not uncomfortable because it is controled

thanks