September 21, 200322 yr Hi there. If you're interested in having your 737NG turn more accurately while taxiing (I found it difficult to make turns without overshooting, or putting the main wheels on the grass), then there is a simple change that can be made to the aircraft.cfg which seems to work.It just means changing the nosewheel "steer angle" degrees. The degrees themselves come from the 737NG real-life manual. In the default PMDG .cfg, the nosewheel steering angle is set at a maximum angle of 40 degrees, while the real 737 has a maximum angle of 78 degrees, with 75 degrees being the effective turn.In the .cfg, go to the contact points section, and change the following. The 7th value of point.0 is 40.000 in the default:point.0=1.000, -13.416, 0.000, -10.200, 1200.000, 0.000, 1.191, 40.000, 0.850, 1.210, 0.666, 8.000, 7.500, 0.000, 270.000, 230.000Change this value to 75.000, as in the following:point.0=1.000, -13.416, 0.000, -10.200, 1200.000, 0.000, 1.191, 75.000, 0.850, 1.210, 0.666, 8.000, 7.500, 0.000, 270.000, 230.000This works very well with my setup (Wingman Extreme 3D joystick), and doesn't adversely effect ground handling (at correct taxiing speeds), takeoff, or landing. Now I can turn into the gate, or onto taxiways, in a way that seems much more realistic.Mike F.2.4Ghz, 1M DDR RAM, ATI 9800 Pro, Windows XP
September 24, 200322 yr Commercial Member Mike,Got it ! Before launch we had complaints by a number of beta testers that the plane was oversensitive on the ground and hence (much to my disgust) I have reduced the steering angle. In SU2 this is increased back to 60 as the best compromise between realism and FS-ism. Actually, and much to my surprise, measured modelled turn radius data are in pretty good agreement with Boeing prescriptions. In general I dont know what MS thought exactly when they were modelling taxi/steering characteristics. Still if a max angle of 78.0 (which is the true value) suits you then great, keep it like that.Regards,Vangelis====================================== E. M. Vaos Precision Manuals Development Group www.precisionmanuals.com====================================== ==================================== E M V Precision Manuals Development Group ====================================
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