for my understanding as non pilot the airplane should feel sluggisher when it has more weight on board. To my oppinion it always feels the same no matter what the weight the aircraft(A320N as example) has if it has heavy weight or little weight on board. do this simulates the msfs 2020 right now? or feels the aircraft always the same at takeoff,landingsa or at ground moving in real life no matter which load is on board? that i cant belive. And how do you think about the msfs 2020 physics?
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Does the MSFS 2020 simulate the diffrent feelings of the agility of the Airplane with more or lighter load on board. I mean soemthing like i have to pull the joystick more at takeoff when it has more weight onboard then with lesser weight? Or at taxi that its slower or difficulter to speed up the airplane like a A320 neo 747 etc also the same at the take off roll?
Your thinking that more weight = more control force required is also not really accurate. You know large aircraft have mechanically boosted controls, right? 747 pilots aren’t hauling them into the air through sheer muscle power.
Weight and balance (menus option) can be adjusted at the aircraft selection screen. For airliners, the takeoff performance is different based on the amount of fuel. Put the fuel slider to 100% and notice how much runway is used before takeoff. This isn’t “sluggish”. Put the fuel slider to 10% and the aircraft will practically leap off the runway. Similar for GA aircraft. The default for many airplanes is to have both pilot and copilot weights. When I fly a small airplane like a Cub, I will remove the copilot weight.
It is possible to try different weight placement within an aircraft. Put a lot of weight in the back of the aircraft to make the CG too far back. After takeoff, the aircraft will pitch up as if the trim was broken. If the CG is too far aft, pushing forward on the yoke won’t stop the pitch up. And then… Same thing if the CG is too far forward. The plane will pitch down after takeoff and no amount of yoke or trim stops the nose down. And then…
It 100% does; your take-off ability and everything else are affected. My question is, does landing overload damage the landing gear? I don’t think it does, though.