Suggestion For LDS Team

[Guest A32X]

Hello All,I was just thinking can the LDS team make a key combination to assign the joystick rudder to either the tiller or the rudder instead of both as all previous add-ons to date.So for example you would press

[Mike S KPDX]

if your flying this with a joystick you immediately lost the argument for more realism.

[N520AT]

I think that the nose wheel locks as well when you lock the rudder. Or did I not understand your suggestion?

[Guest Lenny Zaman]

Dan, what he means is to incorporate nosewheelsteeringmeaning, there is a nose wheel steering tiller which controls the nosewheel steering. The rudder pedals are also connected to the nosewheel, as well as to the rudder of course, but this nosewheel-rudder connection is only available below 80kts and with the 'on ground' flag active(which is simply a gravity switch, guys enlighten me if different!!) though this is only in small adjustmentsso, while on the ground(taxi) the 767 is steered by the tiller. during takeoff roll the ground track is maintained with the rudder, using small inputs. I think the idea of incorporating this is ok but then again perhaps it's asking a bit much as in my head it seems alot of work :SMike, some people don't have the yokes simply because of their cost. Therefore your argument is totally absurd. asking for more reality in this way IS valid imho, even though one might be using a stick instead of a yoke. I fly a stick simply because i'm currently doing ATPL training and well ... don't have too much money left...Perhaps the techheads and on-type guys can enlighten us as to what is the 'real' situation?(i do know my warior has no steering tiller ... would be neat though )Cheers!

[Qavion]

"but this nosewheel-rudder connection is only available below 80kts and with the 'on ground' flag active(which is simply a gravity switch, guys enlighten me if different!!) though this is only in small adjustments"The 767 nosewheel rudder connection is always available on the ground (irrespective of speed), Lenny. Are you thinking of another type of aircraft?The 767 tiller steering system, is similar.Note that the nosewheel is centered on gear retraction (through mechanical and hydraulic means).If you have manuals which mention 80kts, this is more likely to reflect the speed at which your rudder surface starts to become effective. That is not to say that rudder pedal steering or tiller stops moving. There are, however, steering limits which are related to speed (but these are tire adhesion limits). If you move the tiller hard over at even 40kts or even less, the nosewheel tire is going to leave a large black skid mark on the tarmac... and the plane will want to continue in the straight ahead direction.Cheers.Ian.

[Guest Lenny Zaman]

Ian,you're entirely correct. The steering tiller is continuously linked while on ground. I just remembered that those 80kts is indeed the speed around which the rudder becomes effective.

[Guest A32X]

Hi Guys,I didn't know the rudder pedals on the 767 are connected to the nose wheel too. So if you

[marcom]

"So if you

[Guest adameke777]

A big question that arises from the above discussion is:Does FS2004 actually provide nose wheel as an independent control axis (FS2002 did not) ?I use my Sidewinder joystick as a tiller. Its Y axis is simply assigned to Rudder in FS2004. Hence, the ground maneuvering is really accomplished by yawing the aircraft.

[Guest Ross]

>Hi Guys,>>I didn't know the rudder pedals on the 767 are connected to>the nose wheel too. >>So if you