ChrisDonahue2014 wrote:Hello People
I am using the 787-8 TDS mega pack. Previously it ran fine. Now whenever I start a mission the center of gravity is super/extremely nose heavy. When I try to correct on the payload screen, I have to put in 100s of thousands of pounds to balance out the airplane and which put the plane 100s of thousand of pounds over max takeoff weight. Obviously this sounds like a software glitch. All my other planes don't have this problem.
if anybody has any experience with this problem I'd be happy to hear from you.
Thanks
Chris
If this was not a problem before than something you added has changed it. The weight and balance of any aircraft are found in the Aircraft CFG file. One suggestion would be to look at another similar aircraft to get a idea on what the numbers should be. But I have to caution you changing numbers in this section can have adverse effects as you have discovered all ready
The numbers in the weight and balance section are different even with identical aircraft you will find slight differences.
About the only other thing to here is start from scratch unless you made a backup before installing what ever you added after installing the TDS mega pack.
This is a copy of a B737 weight and balance
[WEIGHT_AND_BALANCE]
max_gross_weight = 150000 // (pounds)
empty_weight = 74170 // (pounds)
reference_datum_position = 0, 0, 0 // (feet) distance from FlightSim Reference position: (1/4 chord, centerline, waterline)
empty_weight_CG_position = -5, 0, 0 // (feet) longitudinal, lateral, vertical distance from specified datum
max_number_of_stations = 50
station_load.0 = "170.0, 41.0, -1.5, 0.0, Pilot" //Weight (lbs), longitudinal, lateral, vertical positions from datum (feet)
station_load.1 = "170.0, 41.0, 1.5, 0.0, Co-Pilot" //Weight (lbs), longitudinal, lateral, vertical positions from datum (feet)
station_load.2 = "510.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, Crew" //Weight (lbs), longitudinal, lateral, vertical positions from datum (feet)
station_load.3 = "1360.0, 25.5, 0.0, 0.0, First Class" //Weight (lbs), longitudinal, lateral, vertical positions from datum (feet)
station_load.4 = "8160.0, 11.0, 0.0, 0.0, Coach 3-10" //Weight (lbs), longitudinal, lateral, vertical positions from datum (feet)
station_load.5 = "8160.0, -10.0, 0.0, 0.0, Coach 11-18" //Weight (lbs), longitudinal, lateral, vertical positions from datum (feet)
station_load.6 = "7140.0, -30.5, 0.0, 0.0, Coach 19-25" //Weight (lbs), longitudinal, lateral, vertical positions from datum (feet)
station_load.7 = "10000.0, 20.5, 0.0, 0.0, Forward Baggage" //Weight (lbs), longitudinal, lateral, vertical positions from datum (feet)
station_load.8 = "4000.0, -27.5, 0.0, 0.0, Aft Baggage" //Weight (lbs), longitudinal, lateral, vertical positions from datum (feet)
;Moments of Inertia
empty_weight_pitch_MOI = 3172439
empty_weight_roll_MOI = 2262183
empty_weight_yaw_MOI = 3337024
empty_weight_coupled_MOI = 0
The first place i would look would be in the section called Station_load this could be your problem the first set of numbers are the weight the the second and third sets are the position of the weight Negative number usually means the weight is in the back of that section
Notice the line that reads station_load.7 this is the first baggage area the weight here is 10,000 lbs which is about average for a B737
I would not mess with the moments of inertia as doing so can have real adverse effects.
