Landing rate & weather

The Tailstrike plugin records the data that makes a flight interesting later: your landing, the weather, and the condition in which you left the aircraft for the next pilot.

Landing rate and G value

• The landing rate is your vertical speed at the touchdown, in feet each minute. A low value is a smooth landing.
• The G value shows the force of the touchdown. Tailstrike records the maximum value during the touchdown.
• The flight page and the last-flight card of the aircraft show both values in colors, from a very smooth landing to a hard landing. Tailstrike records each landing.

Recorded weather

• Tailstrike records the weather at the departure and at the arrival: the wind, the temperature, the pressure, the visibility and the conditions.
• The weather comes from a real-world METAR if one is available. If it is not available, the weather comes from your simulator. Therefore the conditions on the flight page are the conditions of your flight.

Fuel continuity

• Tailstrike keeps the fuel at your landing on the aircraft. The aircraft page shows it as the fuel that remains.
• The next pilot can load the same quantity of fuel, and continue the state of the aircraft in the shared world. If you land with very little fuel, the next pilot must plan for it.
• Tailstrike keeps your parking position at the same time. Therefore the aircraft is at the exact position where you stopped it.