thx also left the yaw damper on for landing as well din`t notice till the replay.as for the flaps i done a few flights in the tbm and generally only use 1 notch of flaps but still tend to swerve on the runway on take off, that might be down to xplane as i have to recalibrate my controllers every time i start the pc and run xplane.but like i said in the earlier post when i reloaded xplane at boston and checked the maintenance tab everything was like new no damage to anything, as for the failure ive put it down to the landing gear icing up as it was pretty cold there today and as for the damage it was`nt actually a to hard landing so i got away with it.been simming for about 7 years now on and off first unscripted emergency landing ive done and loved every minute of it .after a smooth flight felt quite realistic to have a unplanned failure on the approach and having to react in real time.