April 14, 201313 yr In FSX, whenever I try to taxi a light aircraft (like the A2A P-51D Mustang Civilian), it takes forever for the airplane to stop turning. Is there any way I can fix this or is it deadbolted into the software? And I know it doesn't to this in real life because I have been in these airplanes and it doesn't do this. Thanks, airbusman5514
April 14, 201313 yr What are using you using for a controller, joystick, keyboard, yoke? And what's your taxi speed?
April 14, 201313 yr I think the A2A has a free caster or 6 degree caster depending on where you stick is. I believe if you have the stick forward then it's 6 degree. And towards the tail is free caster. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
April 15, 201313 yr Author I am using a Saitek X52 FCS joystick and my taxi speed usually doesn't go above 13 KIAS in taildraggers.
April 15, 201313 yr Every aircraft is different in this regard. The Lionheart Epic turboprop is terrible. You have to center the ruder and then count to 3 before it stops turning and their Victory jet is the same. Most aircraft don't exhibit this. Whether the actual aircraft do this or not I don't know. However most aircraft are pretty straightforward to taxi. I use the saitek cessna Yoke and pedals. previously I had the CH system and it was the same in this regard. So, I would say it's not an FSX thing but the way the individual aircraft is modeled. "Why, he just jumped into the air and kept right on going."
April 16, 201313 yr The A2A P-51 uses a very realistic, free castoring tail wheel. You really need rudder pedals with toe brakes and use differential braking for realistic ground handling. Rudder use alone will be insufficient at slow speeds. My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
April 17, 201313 yr I think a "free castoring wheel" is a wheel that does not steer by itself but is forced into a certain direction, similar to the wheels of a wheelchair when you push it. This means that you steer the airplane using differential brakes (i.e. brake right = turn right), and the tail wheel will just turn, because the rest of the plane does so. Hence rudder inputs will be of little to no use, because the airflow is to low in order to force the plane in a different direction. Florian
April 17, 201313 yr Free castoring = think shopping trolly wheels Exactly. My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
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