Hi there,does anyone know where I can find an entry in either the aircraft.cfg or the airfile that determines an airplane to be either a taildragger or conventional landing gear aircraft?I know this is not realistic but unfortunately my rudder pedals died last weekend and it'll take me a while to get a new one. I've tried differential braking but I'm lost without my pedals.As far as I remember that setting was editable back in FS98 or maybe even FS2000 but I can't remember where I can find that entry in the airfile.Any help with regards to this unrealistic temporary fix would be much appreciated.Cheers,Petehttp://members.aol.com/pzsoulman/myhomepage/logo.gifAthlonXP2000,AbitKX7-333(latest4in1),512MB/2700SDRAM,WinXP,DirectX8.1,Geforce3TI200(128MB)(Det.30.82),SBlive(WDM5.1.2601.0)

Ummm a taildragger is considerd a conventionl landing gear system the tricycle ones are the non-conventional FYI.Maybe you should try the plane design forum thats where the smart people hang out :)

Ben,thanks for the wakeup call, must have been to early in the morning ;-)Of course I meant tricycle. I'll see if someone can help here before I post this in another forum.Cheers, time to get some coffee, duh ;-)Petehttp://members.aol.com/pzsoulman/myhomepage/logo.gifAthlonXP2000,AbitKX7-333(latest4in1),512MB/2700SDRAM,WinXP,DirectX8.1,Geforce3TI200(128MB)(Det.30.82),SBlive(WDM5.1.2601.0)

Yeah tell me about it... I have to resort to pepsi blue for those long nights...I know if I answer this ill give ya a free bump :)Out

There is an entry for the main gear steering angle. If it is 0 or 180 degrees just change it to 45 degrees or 60 degrees and you can taxi the tail draggers with a two axis joystick and autocoordination on. I know I'll be flamed for this but I don't have a three axis joystick and hate to use the keyboard for differentail braking. It works for all of the tail draggers, believe me. I don't remember where the steering angle is. If you can't find it I'll look for it. Regards, Bob.

Thanks a ton for this!!! This makes me able to enjoy the taildraggers.For those confused, this is a sample entry from the aircraft.cfg of a typical taildragger (This is from my DC-3 (modified)) //0 Class //1 Longitudinal Position (feet) //2 Lateral Position (feet) //3 Vertical Position (feet) //4 Impact Damage Threshold (Feet Per Minute) //5 Brake Map (0=None, 1=Left, 2=Right) //6 Wheel Radius (feet) //7 Steer Angle (degrees) //8 Static Compression (feet) (0 if rigid) //9 Max/Static Compression Ratio //10 Damping Ratio (0=Undamped, 1=Critically Damped) //11 Extension Time (seconds) //12 Retraction Time (seconds) //13 Sound Type[contact_points]point.0=1, -56.00, 0.0, -2.3, 1200.0, 0, 0.60, 60.0, 0.200, 2.5, 0.695, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0point.1=1, -18.55, -9.25, -11.0, 1600.0, 1, 1.35, 0.0, 0.704, 2.5, 0.686, 7.0, 9.0, 7.0, 166.0, 166.0point.2=1, -18.55, 9.25, -11.0, 1600.0, 2, 1.35, 0.0, 0.704, 2.5, 0.682, 3.0, 5.0, 7.0, 166.0, 166.0point.3=2, -27.00, -46.3, -0.1, 800.0, 0, 0.00, 0.0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.0, 5.0, 0.0, 0.0point.4=2, -27.00, 46.3, -0.1, 800.0, 0, 0.00, 0.0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.0, 6.0, 0.0, 0.0point.5=2, -61.00, 0.0, 14.0, 800.0, 0, 0.00, 0.0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.0, 9.0, 0.0, 0.0point.6=2, 0.40, 0.0, -1.2, 800.0, 0, 0.00, 0.0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.0, 4.0, 0.0, 0.0Each of those numbers at the top, refers to a column number. 0 being the first, 1 being the second...etc.Now the entry we are concerned with is point.0. as it is almost ALWAYS either the front gear (in a tryke) or tail gear (in a dragger).Now if we start at "point.0=1" That is the first entry, and indicates it's a class 1 or "wheeled" gear. Now if I continue counting going to the right, and wait until I get to "7" the entry for that line is 180.0 Which means that's the turn angle (in my example, mine is already modified to 60.0). In some it is 0.0. In all tail draggers, I counted over across until I got to that column and gave all the tail draggers a common value of 60.0This took all of 5 minutes and I now can steer my taildraggers simply with rudder input because it now acts like nosesteering on the ground.Is this unrealistic. Sure, but it is something that I will gladly give up for playability.And besides, my logic is. If I'm restoring these bad boys, and I have the technology, I'm gonna link the tail wheels to the rudder anyhow. Sure, not as real as it gets, but much more controllable, and makes controlling the taildraggers on the ground much less hassle than it needs to be.

Hi Wil. Glad you explained it. I did not remember exactly what I did. Someone else suggested this fix for me when I asked the same type question a while ago. We all know it's unrealistic but it does make the tail draggers steerable without differential braking or differential throttles. Happy Flying, regards, Bob.

Hey Ben, thanks for the "free" bump ;-) and it worked!Bob, BINGO, that's exactly what I was looking for. I just can't ge myself to use the F11 and F12 keys for diff. breaking. This solution may not be very realistic but neither is pressing F11 ;-)That's what I love about this sim, some stuff can be tailored to our own liking with simple tweaks.Thanks again guys,Petehttp://members.aol.com/pzsoulman/myhomepage/logo.gifAthlonXP2000,AbitKX7-333(latest4in1),512MB/2700SDRAM,WinXP,DirectX8.1,Geforce3TI200(128MB)(Det.30.82),SBlive(WDM5.1.2601.0)