can't land planes anymore (B9/NEAR)

[micr0wave]

Before i installed B9 i had no problem at all getting my planes into orbit and back in one piece at the end of the runway.

Now i still can do that with the stock planes i built before, but any of the planes i built with B9 parts disassembles itself in one way or another after touchdown, best i had when reaching 0 m/s was maybe a half plane. Are the B9 parts more fragile than the stock ones ? I rarely had any survivors, while on the stock planes the pilots survive crash landings way better.

[*Aqua*]

To be clear: You can't land a plane in one piece? That's a pilot fault.

I think B9 parts are heavier. Just add struts or be more gentle on landing approach.

Edited February 1, 2015 by *Aqua*

[micr0wave]

i thought i had tracked the error down, after i put someone else than Bob into cockpit all went fine

Now that you mention the mass of the parts ... i didn't really look at that .. might be better trying to land something below 200t first.

[Raven.]

Any craft built with B9 is going to be heavy. However, they are not impossible to land in NEAR or FAR. I've landed 50 ton shuttles made from B9 parts before with FAR at 120 m/s airspeed. The trick is that you have to come in more horizontal than vertical, and also to have plenty of landing gears. The heavier the craft, the more landing gears you will need or the landing gears will buckle. My shuttles typically have five, one in front and four just behind the center of mass.