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parksie10
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Posted: 26 Feb 2013 at 6:56am |
I bought the DC-3 yesterday 25 Feb 2013. Lovely aircraft great detail, however one small bug. The tailwheel does not unlock. I have tried using my keyboard control (shift - G) and the pushbutton on the pedestal in the VC. Nothing. Any ideas? I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling and running as administrator. Still my dear Dak only goes straight. Any ideas?
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Deltahotel
P/UT Joined: 10 Jun 2011 Location: Wallingford, UK Points: 105 |
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Hi parksie10. I know you posted this some time ago, just wondered if you ever found a satisfactory solution?
Those DC-3s, and the default DC3 in FSX, all steer the same way - i.e. the tailwheel is either locked (in the straight ahead) or it is steerable via rudder inputs, and SHIFT-G cycles between those choices. I think, but no longer have it up and running, the default DC3s in FS9 had a fully and freely castoring tailwheel (or locked via SHIFT-G), and you guided it with differential braking. If you would like that option for your JF DC3s I can give you a simple alteration to the aircratf.cfg file(s), but you have to be happy to do that alteration.
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Dave H
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FLighT
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Deltahotel,
I'd like to know what the cfg alteration to make is. Thank You |
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Deltahotel
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Ok Flight T try this:
In the aircraft.cfg, scroll down to [contact_points] and make this alteration, in the first line beginning "point.0= " at the fifth entry on that line change 60.0 to 180.0 You should now be able to steer your DC3 with differential braking and/or differential throttles when the tail wheel is unlocked. Usual SHIFT+G will cycle between that and a locked tail wheel. I found this somewhere in a forum and would acknowledge it if I could remember where .... works on my Curtiss C46 too, the 60.0 might be slightly different but the 180.0 is what matters. Enjoy. |
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