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Hello, when I land her on an asphalt runway, everything is OK - reverse thrust is enough to stop her and the brakes works as should. However landing on gravel runways is a different story - reverse thrust does not slow/stop airplane and if I engage brakes (either differential brakes or with B or V key) the brakes stops working immediately - the parking brake lever just pops up and immediately goes back down. Same is on gravel taxiways - no way how to slow down the airplane. Taking off from gravel runways is impossible - the plane just does not move - like the DC-3. Is it a bug or your model just does not like gravel runways by design like the DC-3? Because there are airlines which operated Saabs on gravel runways. I know that western airlines are usually a bit reluctant to operate on gravel or soft runways, but it's quite a pity that the model does not work on them even if it was a bit unusual in the real world. BTW in ISA conditions when flying in FL170 and the weight of the airplane is 20.000 lbs, I should fly at 216 kts IAS according to the manual (page 77 - speeds normal range, max power, ECS on, A/I off). But I got 205 kts. Is it normal (i.e. the numbers in manual are not exactly accurate) or I'm the only one with an issue like this (i.e. I'm an a**hole and did something wrong)? Thanks!
