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Went to take my Wings of Power P-51 up for a spin and this is what happens..from the cockpit view on start up the tail suddenly drops with no inputs of any kind...so I went to the spot view to see what happened and this is what I see...when I try to taxi the tail wheel is most definitely gone so it drags the tail.

Any ideas?

Please post aircraft.cfg.

Please post aircraft.cfg.

The [contact_points] part...

If contact points were the case then it would be like that on everyones sim??? :-/

[contact_points]
static_pitch = 13.85
static_cg_height = 6.52
tailwheel_lock = 1
gear_system_type = 1
max_number_of_points = 18

point.0 = 1, -13.8839, 0, -3.55, 3000, 0, 0.55, 45//180, 0.25, 2, 0.8, 5, 4, 0, 148, 180
point.1 = 1, 1.7, -5.915, -7.1, 6000, 1, 1.125, 0, 0.4, 2.5, 0.8, 7, 10, 2, 148, 180
point.2 = 1, 1.7, 5.915, -7.1, 6000, 2, 1.125, 0, 0.4, 2.5, 0.8, 10, 7, 3, 148, 180
point.3 = 4.000, 0.000, -18.228, -1.292, 1500.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 5.000, 0.000, 0.000
point.4 = 2.000, 0.000, -18.035, -1.330, 1500.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 5.000, 0.000, 0.000
point.5 = 4.000, 0.000, 18.032, -1.327, 1500.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 6.000, 0.000, 0.000
point.6 = 2.000, 0.000, 17.726, -1.369, 1500.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 6.000, 0.000, 0.000
point.7 = 4.000, -19.199, 0.000, -1.152, 1500.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 9.000, 0.000, 0.000
point.8 = 2.000, -19.803, 0.000, -1.011, 1500.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 9.000, 0.000, 0.000
point.9 = 4.000, -4.350, 0.000, -3.827, 1500.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000
point.10 = 2.000, -3.417, 0.000, -3.734, 1500.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000
point.11 = 2.000, -3.006, 0.000, -3.672, 1500.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000
point.12 = 2.000, 10.262, 0.000, -0.676, 1200.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 4.000, 0.000, 0.000
point.13 = 4.000, 2.994, 0.000, -2.975, 10000.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 4.000, 0.000, 0.000
point.14 = 2.000, 4.048, 0.000, -2.861, 1500.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 4.000, 0.000, 0.000
point.15 = 2.000, 5.915, 0.000, -2.548, 1500.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 4.000, 0.000, 0.000
point.16 = 2.000, 7.556, 0.000, -2.181, 1500.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 4.000, 0.000, 0.000
point.17 = 4.000, 8.990, 0.000, -5.114, 1500.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000


If you notice yes I did convert the tail wheel from castoring to steerable....ssshhh don't tell another P-51 flier 
Just to clarify when I did that conversion I checked it and it worked out fine.

What's the 45//180 about??...a double slash seems odd to me :-/

To double check, why not put the CFG back to how it shpould be with the free castoring wheel and see if the problrm is still there.

What's the 45//180 about??...a double slash seems odd to me :-/

To double check, why not put the CFG back to how it shpould be with the free castoring wheel and see if the problrm is still there.

I saw it done in a few read-me's and tried it out on several aircraft. It seems to hide the number after '//' from the sim..But it allows you to keep it in there in case you wish to change it back.

I have done this on half a dozen or so aircraft with nose and tail wheels all successfully.

I saw it done in a few read-me's and tried it out on several aircraft. It seems to hide the number after '//' from the sim..But it allows you to keep it in there in case you wish to change it back.

The double slash ( // ) is called 'commenting' and causes the sim to disregard EVERYTHING after it on that line. In this case it will effect data relating to the 'strut' supporting the tailwheel which may be causing your problem.

If you want to leave a reminder:

Either; place the original value at the end of the line as a comment;

point.0 = 1, -13.8839, 0, -3.55, 3000, 0, 0.55, 45, 0.25, 2, 0.8, 5, 4, 0, 148, 180

I saw it done in a few read-me's and tried it out on several aircraft. It seems to hide the number after '//' from the sim..But it allows you to keep it in there in case you wish to change it back.

The double slash ( // ) is called 'commenting' and causes the sim to disregard EVERYTHING after it on that line. In this case it will effect data relating to the 'strut' supporting the tailwheel which may be causing your problem.

If you want to leave a reminder:

Either; place the original value at the end of the line as a comment;

point.0 = 1, -13.8839, 0, -3.55, 3000, 0, 0.55, 45, 0.25, 2, 0.8, 5, 4, 0, 148, 180

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