FSLabs A320 tips over during pushback

[cubpilot78 0]

Hello,

After a couple of attempts now, during pushback the FSL A320 tips back on it's tail during pushback. And yes, I am 100% positive that my parking brake is off and that the chocks are removed. It's happened twice now.

Latest versions of UCGX (2.0) and FSL (v2.0.2.450) with P3D 4.5 HF1 being used. Airports: Drzewiecki Design EPGD (Gdansk) and Aerosoft ENTO (Sandefjord Torp X)

When the pushback is completed, the nose gear settles back on the ground as normal. The rest of the pushback works "as normal" I would say. A bit of a scary experience for my virtual pax 😄

Br.

Kyrre Andersen

[byork 2,258]

Try it at a default airport as test.

You could also try pushing back using the 'freeze method'.

But from experience, if it pushes the plane over, the parking brake or chocks are still in.

I've done it many times 😉

 

[cubpilot78 0]

Thanks Bryan 🙂 I'll give it another go then

Br.

Kyrre Andersen

[cubpilot78 0]

Now it worked 🙂 I guess it might have been the chocks - hehe.

Have a nice day 🙂

Br.

Kyrre A.

[byork 2,258]

No worries 🙂

[Chock 17,769]

Just an interesting point here from experience. It's actually not that uncommon for airliners to push back when some chocks are still in place. To elaborate, what happens is that the aeroplane taxies on stand, the engines shut down and the chocks are put in place, then the passengers and baggage and cargo is offloaded, then the thing is refueled, the new passengers board and their bags and the cargo is loaded. So the plane now weighs more than it did when it arrived, because it has had fuel added. This makes it push down on the wheels and this can pin the chocks in place.

Experienced rampies know a trick or two to get these out of course, such as giving the chock a swift kick from the side to free it up, or giving the rope attached to the chock (not always there) a good tug, or if neither of those work, you can get another chock, and swing it at the jammed chock using the rope, and this will often do the trick. But sometimes, none of these work if the aeroplane has really settled down hard on the chock(s).

Big airliners suich as the Triple Seven, A330 and the 787 are fairly notorious for having this happen since there is a lot of weight added to long haul airliners when they are fueled up. so, if the offending chocks are in front of the wheels, then no problem because when you push back, the aeroplane frees itself as it moves off, but if they are behind the wheels, you have to pull the aeroplane forward a foot or so and then someone will run and get the chocks and move them before the pushback commences.