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my problem is that i animate the gears (frame 0 retracted, frame 100 extended, frame 150 half compressed, frame 200 fully compressed as it says for FS 2004) i named the gears (c_gear, l_gear, r_gear)
and export the airplane without any error messages and copy the .mdl file and paste it in the model folder but when i choose the airplane in FS 2004 the gear is already retracted and you cannot extend them.
help from anyone would be greatly appreciated
thnx
jav

make sure that your aircraft.cfg file's contact points allows for gear extension/retraction times!

This is taken from the Mooney Bravo's aircraft.cfg file

       //0  Class
       //1  Longitudinal Position        (feet)
       //2  Lateral Position             (feet)
       //3  Vertical Position            (feet)
       //4  Impact Damage Threshold      (Feet Per Minute)
       //5  Brake Map                   (0=None, 1=Left, 2=Right)
       //6  Wheel Radius                (feet)
       //7  Steer Angle                         (degrees)
       //8  Static Compression           (feet)  (0 if rigid)
       //9  Max/Static Compression Ratio
       //10 Damping Ratio               (0=Undamped, 1=Critically Damped)
       //11 Extension Time              (seconds)
       //12 Retraction Time             (seconds)
       //13 Sound Type
       
[contact_points]
point.0=1,   1.18,   0.0, -4.20, 1181.1, 0, 0.523, 33.66, 0.296, 2.5, 0.794, 3.5, 3.5, 0, 165.0, 165.0
point.1=1,  -5.48,  -4.5, -3.93, 1574.8, 1, 0.523,  0.00, 0.286, 2.5, 0.808, 4.7, 4.7, 2, 165.0, 165.0
point.2=1,  -5.48,   4.5, -3.93, 1574.8, 2, 0.523,  0.00, 0.286, 2.5, 0.808, 5.2, 5.2, 3, 165.0, 165.0
point.3=2,  -3.90, -18.0, -0.67, 1574.8, 0, 0.000,  0.00, 0.000, 0.0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.0, 5, 0.0, 0.0
point.4=2,  -3.90   18.0, -0.67, 1574.8, 0, 0.000,  0.00, 0.000, 0.0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.0, 6, 0.0, 0.0
point.5=2, -20.23,   0.0,  0.83, 1574.8, 0, 0.000,  0.00, 0.000, 0.0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.0, 9, 0.0, 0.0
point.6=2,  -1.48,   0.0, -2.17, 1574.8, 0, 0.000,  0.00, 0.000, 0.0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.0, 4, 0.0, 0.0
point.7=2, -20.23,   0.0,  6.83, 1574.8, 0, 0.000,  0.00, 0.000, 0.0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.0, 7, 0.0, 0.0
point.8=2,  -4.90,   0.0, -1.83, 1574.8, 0, 0.000,  0.00, 0.000, 0.0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.0, 8, 0.0, 0.0


If you have "0.0"  in the 11th and 12th positions, flightsim assumes you have fixed gear.

thanks i'll try that out

another question how do you find the contact points?
I am new to this so i grabbed another aircraft's .cfg and modified it just to see if the design i made worked on Fs 2004