November 24, 201510 yr I have a problem with Q400 in situations as per topic title. Usually during crosswind I end up my takeoff /landing on the grass. There is no way that full rudder deflection + 8deg tiller will keep this thing on the runway. Any hints would be appreciated. BR/Art Artur
November 25, 201510 yr Beardyman- During takeoff try the following - Set the rudder trim about 3 - 4 deg to the right, once you have lined up put the aileron into the wind (e.g. if the wind is coming from the right, turn the yoke to the right, apply any further rudder input as required manually during the takeoff roll and as you speed increases slowly bring the ailerons back towards (but not completely) neutral. The Dash is what we call a conventional prop aircraft (Both props turn the same direction so at high power the wash from the props causes a yaw, any excessive trim will cause you problems later, also the tiller becomes ineffective above certain speeds). As for the landing, again make full use of putting the aileron into the wind, the rudder trim is up to you depending on what power is needed during the final approach, this will help to increase the controls until the till becomes effective, also try to touch down on the downwind main gear, this again will help you much more in keeping the aircraft under control just after touchdown.
November 25, 201510 yr Author I have already disabled prop wash - somehow annoying effect. This bird is really challenging, need more practice, as i saw YouTube that Q400 is able to handle even strong crosswind landings pretty well. Artur
November 25, 201510 yr Dont forget, this aircraft uses a external flight dynamics engine, the one in MSFS is completely unrealistic so MJC bypassed this to give more accurate effects during the flight
November 28, 201510 yr A couple of videos from real ops of the Q400 here in Portugal, at the Azores and Madeira islands... Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
November 28, 201510 yr I have a problem with Q400 in situations as per topic title. Usually during crosswind I end up my takeoff /landing on the grass. There is no way that full rudder deflection + 8deg tiller will keep this thing on the runway. Any hints would be appreciated. BR/Art 8deg tiller ? I think the problem is there. Tiller must be = zero and then you make correction only with rudder for take off. Regards, Richard Portier Richard Portier MAXIMUS VI FORMULA|Intel® Core i7-4770K [email protected] x8|NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080ti|M16GB DDR3|Windows10 Pro 64|P3Dv5|AFS2|TrackIr5|Saitek ProFlight Yoke + Quadrant + Rudder Pedal|Thrustmaster Warthog A10|
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