Landing Gear Failures

[Andrew The Muffin]

Hi,

Is there any way in MSFS (or FsP) that you can cause the nose gear to collapse??

[runibl]

I do know that if you have the gear extended or extend the gear while going over the gear limit, then you will brake the gear and you will be required
to make a belly landing. Also sometimes the gear simply won't extend because it is stuck, it could be all of them 2 of them or all. Requiring you to
bump hard on the runway with the working gears to try and loosening them. I have had these failures and they are really exciting (scary).
As far as I know it doesn't work with FS9 itself, but is one of the wonderful features of FsP.

Not sure if they can collaps on landing though.

[Andrew The Muffin]

ON my VA someone posted screenshots and this is his exact words:

Ready for the flight to Indy in the 757-300. I didn't have much time, so I just went for a short flight. I departed Midway. Running down rwy
22L and begining my lift off, my nose gear just gave way.

I had speed enough to get the plane in the air without my nose touching the ground. Once in the air I climbed to 9000 and headed
towards Indy has planned hoping to make an emergency landing there as it was a close by airport.

Events didn't go as planned however, and my nose gear that never came in turned the aircraft into a fuel drainer and before I was half way
to Indy, half of the fuel I had in the tank (which was more then enough to get there and back) was nearly empty.

I finally made my emergancy landing at Vermilion Airport with less then 1% fuel in my tank. I set the nose down soft enough, so Flight
Simulator didn't read it as a crash. I took the following picture moments after touchdown:

[runibl]

Guess it's possible then.