slips in turnning on taxiway

[garymbuska]

One other thing that can cause odd behavior at a certain airport is the scenery itself....

Not sure how you managed to segue into scenery issues, but anyhow....

....Don't know much about FSUIPC, but it looks like something you gotta pay for in order to use it... Is there any free solution in order to make crosswind landings and takeoffs at least possible?

You are in luck, because yes there is.
You need FSUIPC, and you can access the friction fixes with the unregistered version.

Our friends at mistymoorings have explained how to do it in a quite easy to understand forum post. Here is a link to make everyone's life easier.
http://forum.mistymoorings.com/index.php?topic=1498.0

Good luck. And results may vary depending on the aircraft. Some developers have included modifications with their aircraft models to try and simulate better ground friction. Strange things might happen if FSUIPC and the developers "fix" get mixed together. From what I understand however, you can add custom aircraft profiles into the ini for FSUIPC that controls what modules act on specific aircraft. THAT might be something you can only do with a registered version.

Regards,

I tried the suggested fix from misty moorings and could not get the same results as it states. I followed the steps exactly as they were listed but could never find th FSUIPC.ini file
I later found out a step is not listed here. The fsupic.ini file is not created until you fire up FSX .
I have not had the chance to look for it since I followed the steps so I do not know if this will work or not.
But I never got a message stating that FSUIPC was unregistered at any point in time.
So I am not sure if this works at all.

[pegger]

IRC, there is no message that tells you FSUIPC is unregistered. It is simply unregistered until you buy a code and activate it.

You are correct though, that the files are not created until you launch FSX after installing FSUIPC. After that, it's pretty straight forward. I find the fix is not perfect, but it is an improvement. The aircraft rolls easier with less power, and the nose wheel seems to understeer less than without the fix.

[ilikerio]

The FSUIPC friction mod sure helps a lot! It might not be perfect, but crosswind takeoffs are much better now. Now you can keep the heavies on the centerline without using full rudder!