Vulcan Gear Deployment Issue

[Guest Tin Triangle]

Firstly, I would like to congratulate you for creating such an excellent Vulcan for FS. It is outstanding.There seems to be a problem with the gear deployment in FS9, as the gear will only extend once the aircraft speed is below 170kts, rather than the correct value of 270kts. It would seem that perhaps this speed has been entered incorrectly, as the gear would extend at the correct maximum speed of 270kts in FS2002.Can this be fixed, as it is very annoying since the gear can only be extended very late in the landing approach? In fact, at high weights, the incorrect limiting speed of 170kts becomes almost equivalent to the landing threshold speed.Any help would be appreciated.

[Guest Waltm]

I love this aircraft, but I have the same problem with the landing gear. In fact, if I try to lower it above 170 KIAS, it "jams" and then refuses to lower under any circumstances (maybe that's an RTFM issue?)Thanks.

[Guest Waltm]

FYI, here's a fix that works for me (thanks to the folks at the aircraft and panel design fourm!).If you're up to it, open the aircraft.cfg file (make a backup first ;) in the Vulcan aircraft folder. In aircraft config you will see a category named [contact_points]. Replace the first three entries immediately below with the following:point.0=1, 25.30, 0.0, -9.8, 2061.9, 0.0, 2.50, 60.0, 1.00, 2.5, 0.17, 7.0, 8.0, 0.0, 220.0,250.0point.1=1,-10.70, -19.0, -9.2, 2162.6, 1.0, 2.00, 0.00, 1.20, 5.0, 0.87, 10.0, 9.0, 2.0, 220.0,250.0point.2=1,-10.70, 19.0, -9.2, 2162.6, 2.0, 2.00, 0.00, 1.20, 5.0, 0.87, 9.3, 10.3, 3.0, 220.0,250.0This sets the minimum gear deployment speed to 220 KIAS and the extended gear damage speed to 250 KIAS.Enjoy.-- Walt

[Guest Tin Triangle]

Thanks for the fix. I should have noticed that when I was altering the gear heights!For other users who want to fix this, the gear deployment speed should be set to 270kts, as per the specification of the RAF/Avro Flight Crew Manual, and the damage speed set to a value you find reasonable that is above 270kts.Happy flying.