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by VVM » Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:38 pm
hi all. how do you adjust the sensitivity of an aircrafts nosewhel. i want to make the nosewheel on the POSKY 767-300 more sensitive, as when i try to turn on the ground, there is almost no effect. i have made the rudder more effective but that has made no difference.
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by Travis » Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:40 am
Go into the Aircraft config file and look in the [contact_points] section. Open up another aircraft config from one of the stock aircraft. When you find [contact_points] in that file, it will give you a list of what the numbers mean. Study that for a bit, and then find the center wheel and change its steering angle. For a good turning radius (perhaps not very accurate, but will help a bit more) try making it something like 30 degrees.
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by VVM » Wed Jan 03, 2007 1:42 pm
thanks for the reply. i did go and look at the config and did edit the steering angle from 65 to 80 (this was before your suggestion). am i wrong in thinking that the greater the angle the sharper it should turn?
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by Travis » Wed Jan 03, 2007 2:30 pm
Yeah, that should be true, although ocassionally (sp?) you'll get an aircraft with a weird MOI setting somewhere and that could be throwing it off. Other than what you've already tried, I don't know what to tell you.
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by VVM » Wed Jan 03, 2007 2:58 pm
thanks for your help locke. i ended up taking the contact points etc from another similar sized a/c and they worked.
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by Gypsy_Baron » Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:16 pm
thanks for your help locke. i ended up taking the contact points etc from another similar sized a/c and they worked.
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Using differential brakes will also assist you in making sharper turns while taxiing, if you have
a spare button or two on your stick/throttle to assign those fuctions to.
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