Hum, when I posted F70 problems everybody flamed me and I still wear the scars LOL.
Funny thing, my first F70 flight was EHAM to LKPR and like Rico, it crashed on the runway at LKPR.
The "conclusionless" thread was mine. Something very weird on this controversial bird. I can't say WHAT but it was certainly not me. I think it was either the extreme wind shear reported in the same area by other pilots or the PP injecting a random failure (that is what PP documents say it can do).
Anway, I had a few other minor emergencies with this F70 (sorry for the passengers that puked out their meal) but very rarerly. I basically installed the updates from the Fokker Project site to the EHM installation.
I did my whole Class 4 career on the F70 with only one crash on the 1st flight (also my 1st PP flight, sadly my score has been irreparable since then).
As pointed out by others, landing can be slightly tricky. Basically I tamed the thing by using the AP ALT HOLD to do the descent (with max -2500 fp/min), also used the A/T for the speed. On approach and finals I always used around 140 kts.
On landing I never armed the Lift Dampers though they are very useful due to the tendency of this bird to float just above the runway
. The few times I used it was just before touching down. DOn't forget to disable the AP SPEED HOLD after touch down. The "Auto Taxi speed" arming was also very useful.
As for EGGL I don't think it is the scenery. If I remember correctly I did two landings with the F70 (which I took all around Europe) on EGGL, the first with default scenery and the 2nd with payware scenery.
My main issue with the F70 was its highly unusual (never experimented with any other a/c) fuel usage rate. I usually add some 30-40% extra for every flight using the FS estimated fuel usage and believe it or not, I ran out of fuel midway between EHAM and LKPR.
After that on every single F70 flight (many I did) I ignored the FS estimate (which is IMHO almost always sufficient). Instead I went to the EHM flight history and checked all F70 flights made on that same route, the fuel usage was always very high (in comparison with others) so I always took the highest of those and added some 20%. If FS said 600 gals, the actual performance was around 900-1200 gals. With this trick I never ran out of fuel again on this bird.
Other than that I think once you get to know the quirks of the craft you learn how to work around them. If I had the time I would have written a F70 tutorial now that I am virtually "Type Qualified"
In spite of these shortcomings (of the Fokker Project I must say, not of EHM) I loved to fly this bird -with some trepidation at times- and remains one of my favourite short haul jets.
