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Bouncing tailwheel, Wellington bomber.

Postby Zaphod » Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:34 am

Hi Guys and Gals.

I've downloaded the Wellington Bomber from Page 61 of the vintage aircraft page (W440_v01.zip). The tailwheel bounces as soon as you start taxying and when you slow down after landing. It's so bad it makes taking off successfully nearly impossible. I'm guessing it's a contact points issue but before I complete mess something up by "tinkering" with the aircraft.cfg I thought I'd see if any of you had a solution or ideas?

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Re: Bouncing tailwheel, Wellington bomber.

Postby Groundbound1 » Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:32 am

Grass runway or add-on airport? I noticed that on mine too, but only rolling over what the sim thinks is unpaved.
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Re: Bouncing tailwheel, Wellington bomber.

Postby Zaphod » Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:51 am

I've tried it on both and neither are add ons. I'll check out some others but I don't think it's related to the runway.
I may be wrong ;D

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Edit;

I've checked on several different airfields/airports, none of which are add-ons or modified. Same result.
The only thing that helps slightly is lessening the fuel load by 50%, but the improvement is only very slight.
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Re: Bouncing tailwheel, Wellington bomber.

Postby commoner » Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:48 am

Hi Zaph......change the top line of the Contact points section to this...just a couple of adjustments you will notice........

point.0= 1,  -32.00,   0.00,  -4.10, 1200.0, 0, 0.80,   30.0, 0.28, 2.30, 0.80,  4.0,  4.0, 0, 185.0, 220.0  

.......let's know how you get on..............commoner ;)
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Re: Bouncing tailwheel, Wellington bomber.

Postby Zaphod » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:15 am

[quote]Hi Zaph......change the top line of the Contact points section to this...just a couple of adjustments you will notice........

point.0= 1,
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Re: Bouncing tailwheel, Wellington bomber.

Postby commoner » Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:57 pm

...mmm.....I actually got it from my own "Welly"  which I knew was working just fine and thought it was the same as yours........... Further investigation reveals that it is a later version of the same plane  (W440_v04.zip)

NO IDEA where I got it but not here on SimV..you could look on other sites but as far as I can see there is no difference except that it behaves itself on the ground.....so credit to the original builder for the "fix" and lucky you that I spotted it..........commoner ;D

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Re: Bouncing tailwheel, Wellington bomber.

Postby Zaphod » Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:16 pm

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Re: Bouncing tailwheel, Wellington bomber.

Postby aussiewannabe » Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:59 pm

Commoner is good, isn't he? He taught me about the contact points when I had an AC with flat tires.
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Re: Bouncing tailwheel, Wellington bomber.

Postby Zaphod » Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:33 pm

Commoner is good, isn't he? He taught me about the contact points when I had an AC with flat tires.


It's one of the reasons we keep him around ;D ;D ;D

Seriously it's people like Commoner that make these forums the place they are.
Oh and people like me with lots of stupid questions!

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Re: Bouncing tailwheel, Wellington bomber.

Postby Groundbound1 » Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:52 pm

Well, when in doubt, ask some one who knows! Thanks Commoner! I'l have to try that. ;)
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Re: Bouncing tailwheel, Wellington bomber.

Postby commoner » Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:17 am

Aw Shucks!.......... :-[ :-[  ;D
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