I never see the little man holding the glider wings off the ground when

starting a flight...thus I am not able to the start a flight using aerotow...

what am I doing wrong?...I have searched  the Settings under "Controls"

numerous times to no avail...help please...

 

 

Hi John, I found an old thread for MSFS 2020 on https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/gliders-start-rudder-signalling-doesnt-work/555433?page=5, saying:

I also had the problem that the guy holding the wing was not there and the glider tilted to the side. Both in free flight and in the tutorials. To cut a long story short, after clearing my community directory, everything worked as expected. After 30-40 restarts and systematic searching, I found the error in an airfield I had created myself (not published). I can’t say why, but it hasn’t been updated for a while, so I’ll check that soon. For me, it was definitely not due to the Kinetic Assistant or aircraft that use it, I thought before. Gliders that use the Kinetic Assistant are launched as before.
Everything is now running as expected.
These are my experiences. I hope it was helpful.
So, definitely empty the community folder first and then search for the directory or directories. I have proceeded systematically in alphabetical blocks. I would prefer to search for freeware (my opinion). Good luck
Greetings and happy gliding Ralf (Nov 2022)

Fwiw...

Any add-on modifying ground services might cause this problem...

Thanks to all who responded!....will try what you suggested...