Can anybody tell me what mods I need to make to an aircraft.cfg file to allow a taildragger to be stearable vs differential braking (current)?Its a cheat, but #####.ThanksEric

Don't know if this helps you or not but the MAAM DC3 has an option to allow just that. Don't know what it does to the aircraft.cfg to enable it, but I use. I never could the differential braking down pat...billg

Eric,Open the aircraft.cfg file with Notepad, and scroll down to the contact points:(contact_points)point.0 = 1, 0.90, 0.00, -4.09, 1500, 0, 0.5, 22.0, 0.25,2.5, 0.7, 0.0, 0.0, 0point.1 = 1, -4.70, -4.50, -4.01, 3500, 1, 0.5, 0.0, 0.3, 2.5, 0.7, 0.0, 0.0, 2point.2 = 1, -4.70, 4.50, -4.01, 3500, 2, 0.5, 0.0, 0.3, 2.5, 0.7, 0.0, 0.0, 3point.3 = 2, -3.90, -18.0, 3.00, 1800, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 5point.4 = 2, -3.90 18.0, 3.00, 1800, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 6point.5= 2,-20.23, 0.0, 0.30, 1800, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 9point.6= 2, 1.48, 0.0, -2.17, 1800, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 4point.7= 2,-22.80, 0.0, 5.83, 1800, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 7point.8= 2, -4.90, 0.0, -2.00, 1800, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 8The bold item in the point.0 line (22.0) is the steering angle in degrees. A castoring tail wheel will be set to 180, change that to 30-45 degrees for a steering effect. Some of the frustration with taxiing aircraft that use a conventional landing gear in FS9 is the result of an incorrect setting in the airfile. If you have an airfile editor like AirEd or AAM, you can set Cn_dt Yaw Moment-Thrust to provide a steering effect on the rudder from prop wash. Open Rec 1101 and increase the value of Cn_dt Yaw Moment-Thrust. Values from 0.01-0.09 are a good starting place depending on the aircraft. You

The trick is to remember that it's like a casting wheel on a shopping cart. It takes a lot of fine brake adjustments to keep going straight and you have to use a lot of break in the opposite direction of the turn to counter the turn, if you want it to go straight again.----------------------------------------------------------------John MorganReal World: KGEG, UND Aerospace Spokane Satillite, Private ASEL 141.2 hrs, 314 landings, 46 inst. apprs.Virtual: MSFS 2004"There is a feeling about an airport that no other piece of ground can have. No matter what the name of the country on whose land it lies, an airport is a place you can see and touch that leads to a reality that can only be thought and felt." - The Bridge Across Forever: A Love Story by Richard Bach

HiAdd this to the brakes section in the aircraft.cfg differential_braking_scale=1.5or have a look at the default dc3 aircraft.cfg for more infoCheersMaV

The thing to remember is that not all conventional gear planes castor, the DC-3 castors but the J-3 does not. The J-3's tail-wheel is directly linked to the rudder, unfortunately, the default one seems to act like a castoring wheel.----------------------------------------------------------------John MorganReal World: KGEG, UND Aerospace Spokane Satillite, Private ASEL 141.2 hrs, 314 landings, 46 inst. apprs.Virtual: MSFS 2004"There is a feeling about an airport that no other piece of ground can have. No matter what the name of the country on whose land it lies, an airport is a place you can see and touch that leads to a reality that can only be thought and felt." - The Bridge Across Forever: A Love Story by Richard Bach