.... and the pax can now climb in through their very own door..

But GTA V out tonight !! O well can always put it on autopilot with pause on emergency :-)

 

It's fixed my flaps not working on saitek throttle quadrant as well Thanks A2A :-)

GNS530W working properly now in #1 slot yay!

I have no opinion whether the flight model is broken. It just feels awkward when the tiniest of movements on the elevator INSTANTLY makes the ac point the nose towards the sky.  At the same time, the ac I fly IRL is so sensitive on the trim that I can't move it with my hand, I have to just slightly tap it with one finger to get the desired trim change!

 

Why does this not happen to everyone. So weird. 

 

C.

No more 'stuck in the mud' brakes.......... CHECK

Perfect nosewheel / diff braking action.....CHECK

 

Sadly I cannot report the same - now my brakes must be "toe touched" once to get the parking brake to be gone, and I still have the "stuck in tar" issue on non pavement runways (though it may indeed be an ORBX area phenomenon) -  and the pitch axis seems touchier than it was - changing the new elevator adjuster up to the max helps some, but I am beginning to wonder if this plane is just not a good match for my Saitek yoke and pedals (likely the other way around though). The plane also still seems far too eager to go nose up at really,really low airspeeds - to the point where I can put the tail on the ground on a landing roll down to like 20 knots or less when I experiment with it.

 

Many things about the plane are spectacular, but the overall experience for me is drifting toward a bit of frustration....

Is this a castoring nosewheel?  After the patch it really feels like one.  (I personally liked the RTM version for ground handling).  

Is this a castoring nosewheel?  After the patch it really feels like one.  (I personally liked the RTM version for ground handling).  

 

First off, I'm not a pilot myself, but free castering means that the steering is done by applying power and brakes correct?  If so I don't find that to be the case at all, after the update it actually steers even more effectively with just rudder input alone. But you still need differential braking for tight turns.

Mine doesn't steer well at all post patch. I add some rudder for a turn and then after the turn the plane veers off into The grass unless I compensate with a lot of opposite rudder.

Hmm, dunno then. I just know that about every aircraft I own behaves that way in taxiing ("overshooting" after steering input) except for the RealAirs set for free castoring.

 

 

Sorry if I'm spoiling your fun, but why did you pay fifty bucks for a 172? What more does it have than the others for twenty bucks? I mean even the other planes from A2A are almost half price from this and yet at least half sexier?

 

I, as do many others here, have many hours in real 172's. Its the closest to reality I've ever seen  in 30 years of 'desktop' flying. Thats what it has over the others.

 

 

Sadly I cannot report the same - now my brakes must be "toe touched" once to get the parking brake to be gone

 

Same here. I've gone back to Version 1.00. For the twitchy elevator with your Saitek Cesna Yoke do this:

 

In the FSX.CFG file under CONTROLS add:

 

STICK_SENSITIVITY_MODE=0

 

This converts the input from the yoke into a linear response

Ryan, I know what you're saying about the free castoring nosewheel.... it does feel a little like that, definitely.  I am very much still having to use some diff braking for anything more than a 20 degree turn, but A2A demonstrated that that is how it is in the real airplane, so I'm ok with that. :smile:

 

But yes it does feel very loose - like a freewheeling nosewheel...   Actually I remember Scott saying the nosewheel is springloaded on the real plane so it probably does have some 'give' and perhaps this is what is simulated, and what is feeling a little like a castoring nosewheel.

 

For me, a plane that I just could not use (mainly down to the ground handling) is now a babe... :cool:

 

But bizarre that some people find the update has worsened the aircraft - must be a very sensitive, complex flight model for the user experience to be so different.

If anyone is getting stuck on the ground, it's most likely your controllers not releasing the brakes. 

 

Here is a thread I just posted with a utility that will show you the values of your toe brakes in FSX.

http://www.a2asimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=108&t=36472&p=275082#p275082

 

Scott.

Yah I'm completely fine with the taxiing if that's how the Cessna is. Just saying I wouldn't like my real acft to be like that (or I'd learn to live with it real quick hehe).

 

I still have the elevator ultra touchy issue but I haven't changed the new values yet.

For those still finding problems with the brakes efficiency, Scott has just posted an executable at A2A's C172 Tech forum that you can use to see how your toe and parking brakes are working.

 

This were the results I got:

 

http://a2asimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=108&t=36472&p=275106#p275106

jcomm,

 

Your post gave us a clear clue as to what may be causing the brakes to not release on your and some other systems.  I just posted a v.1.02 update that should put this sticking toe brakes topic to rest, 100%, at least from our end.

 

v.1.02 is here:  http://www.a2asimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=108&t=36436

 

Scott.