Landing on fuselage or landing gears?

[AimlessEagle]

So, I started to learn I could land on my engines with the ME 262, and that it was much quicker. However, after that, I also noticed I could just land on the fuselage of my other airplanes (BF 109, DO 335 etc.).

Yes, I do damage myself in the process, but it works at high speeds and is easy for me. However, is there a big catch to this? Like, am I paying more in repair costs or something? Because as it stands now, I see no reason to use my landing gear.

[AdiVitto2k3]

I think your repair costs to go up the more damaged a plane or smth is.

[AimlessEagle]

Originally posted by Mirage:

WIth how poor the braking is on planes, once they turned the damage model down to 1% of what it used to be I have never used the landing gear again, you get to land at higher speeds and slow down way faster, no reason not to do it.

This was my thought as well, but I felt like it was too good to be true. As AdiVitto2k3 said, I wondered if perhaps it somehow affected my repair costs.

But I have never checked this, nor have I stopped earning SL's, so it must not be significant.

[Pumpkin]

Me 162 have rylly poor brakes so i land without them . I like at the start of flight open landing gear so its get destroyed knock off few kilograms to make my plane lighter :)

[M82]

Originally posted by Mirage:

WIth how poor the braking is on planes, once they turned the damage model down to 1% of what it used to be I have never used the landing gear again, you get to land at higher speeds and slow down way faster, no reason not to do it.

only possible reason why you would land with gears if your plane is undamaged enough that your repair time doesn't last longer than your reload time, so that you can take off quickly again

[Walter White]

I had some cases where the damaged plane was unable to keep the nose up at landing speed with gear and flaps, so I land my heavily damaged planes without gear at 350 km/h.
Works fine and it was damaged anyway ;)

If the plane is fine, I just land normally and try the perfect, smooth landing.
But thats in Sim & VR.
In AB/RB I wouldn´t give a f*ck and land on the canopy if necessary...

[Lugen]

only time you should use your landing gear is for carrier landings because you slide off if you miss the hook.

[Panzer]

Originally posted by AimlessEagle:

So, I started to learn I could land on my engines with the ME 262, and that it was much quicker. However, after that, I also noticed I could just land on the fuselage of my other airplanes (BF 109, DO 335 etc.).

Yes, I do damage myself in the process, but it works at high speeds and is easy for me. However, is there a big catch to this? Like, am I paying more in repair costs or something? Because as it stands now, I see no reason to use my landing gear.

I started almost exclusively belly landing with no gear over the last couple of months, and i've seen no downside or negative difference. The only difference i've seen which is a good one, is you stop and can begin repairing and rearming much quicker.

I also recently learned that you can even use the Drag Chute when belly landing with no gear, at least on the F100D Super Sabre you can, which makes landing even quicker. I can go from touchdown to repairing in nearly 5 seconds combining chute and fuselage belly landing.

[Warlock]

another lame exploit to be fixed in an update at some point hopefully

[Tuna]

Originally posted by TANDY-1000EX:

another lame exploit to be fixed in an update at some point hopefully

agreed irl your plane would burn down belly landing like this

[mans got drip✅]

doing belly landings can damage or kill your pilot if he is in yellow/orange state sometimes due to small bumps on airfield due some not being perfectly flat. That's the only thing i noticed other than that belly landings are way faster.

[Warlock]

Originally posted by Mirage:

Originally posted by TANDY-1000EX:

another lame exploit to be fixed in an update at some point hopefully

I mean it used to be fine, then they removed the damage model and added it in this super arcade type damage model for some reason and now you can clip trees and planes without issue and just land with 400km/h , so this is somehow the improved damage model.

I can't say I've ever seen that happen - clipping a tree without damage or issue.

But I agree, better damage models would be cool. I find the belly landing exploit lame, but don't expect other Players to stop doing it. Most seem to only play for the grind (and then complain about the grind), so it makes sense that way.

[whatdoesthisbuttondo?]

Originally posted by Mirage:

WIth how poor the braking is on planes, once they turned the damage model down to 1% of what it used to be I have never used the landing gear again, you get to land at higher speeds and slow down way faster, no reason not to do it.

I might be mistaken as I don't have that much experience in ARB, but it feels like landing on fuselage is a lot faster to get back into the fight when you have substantial damage anyway.

It also seems to be less risky compared to landing a badly damaged plane properly, e.g. when you missed damage to your flaps or don't have full engine power and don't want to give up your remaining energy too early.

Again, might just be me being rather inexperienced though.

[𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 Sinner]

Depends on the vehicle and how I'm feeling. If its a jet, I'll probably do a belly landing just because I know it can take it, and I think it brakes better than actual landing gear. Though the side effect is that some vehicles won't allow you to deploy chutes if you do that.

If its a prop and I'm coming in slow I'll probably use gear just for the hell of it, but some vehicles punish you for it. I cannot describe how many times I had to force the brake and flipped because the vehicle was front heavy or some crap like that.

[AimlessEagle]

Thanks for the many replies!

I'll continue with shoving my plane into the runway as usual! :)

[Kiwi]

My pilot died last landing. No dmg on my arado at 400 kmh. ♥♥♥♥ happens :-)