
The default landing gear is set to NASA tolerance and is very sensitive to hard landings. You must touch down at a maximum 18 feet per second drop rate or less or the gear will fail. If you wish to have stronger landing gear struts instead of the NASA 18 foot per second spec, follow the directions below:

IF AT ANY TIME YOU WANT TO REVERT OR SWITCH THE REAR STRUT LANDING TOLERANCE, SIMPLY RUN THE WINZIP INSTALLER FOR THE VERSION OF THE LANDING GEAR YOU WISH TO USE.


STRONG_GEAR =  for a higher tolerance to the drop fps @ landing (easier and less landing crashes)


NORMAL_GEAR = to land with the NASA spec for the gear. (harder to land without crashing, max 18fps drop rate)


1.
Select and open the folder for your version of Flight Simulator:

FS2002
or
FS2004

Simply double click the .exe file of your choice:

STRONG_GEAR
or
NORMAL_GEAR

A WinZip box will appear that will automatically install the needed files to the proper directories inside of the Flight Simulator locations as shown below:

For FS9 (FS2004) Users:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9

For FS2002 users:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\FS2002


2. 
When the Winzip window appears MAKE SURE there is a check in the box "OVERWRITE FILES WITHOUT PROMPTING". If you do not put a check in the box to allow the files to overwrite, the product WILL NOT update.

NOTE: If your version of Flight Simulator 2002 or 2004  is located on your hard drive other than where I have indicated above you MUST use the browse button of the Winzip self extractor and browse the extractor manually to the correct location. YOUR FLIGHT SIM INSTALLATION IS PROBABLY WHERE I INDICATED ABOVE AND THE WINZIP SELF EXTRACTOR DOES NOT NEED THE BE BROWSED. MANUAL BROWSING IS ONLY REQUIRED FOR ADVANCED USERS WHO HAVE MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR INSTALLED IN A NON-DEFAULT LOCATION.

3. 
Click "UNZIP" on the Winzip self extractor box and that will allow the contents to extract directly and update your space shuttle product. 

4. 
You are ready to fly with the selected gear strut strength.


