Brakes

[hiflyphil]

Hi people

Just got my FSX loaded and started.  ;D

Now for my first problem....  :o

Took the hand brake off my 747, powered up the engines and started taxing, took a look on the outside view, and the wheels are sparking and leaving smoke trails???

I don't think thats right, I've tried jiggling the hand brake and messing with the Auto brakes but nothing seems to work. :-/

Any one else have the same problem and sorted it out?  :)

Cheers
Phil

[Gypsy_Baron]

Hi people

Just got my FSX loaded and started.  ;D

Now for my first problem....  :o

Took the hand brake off my 747, powered up the engines and started taxing, took a look on the outside view, and the wheels are sparking and leaving smoke trails???

I don't think thats right, I've tried jiggling the hand brake and messing with the Auto brakes but nothing seems to work. :-/

Any one else have the same problem and sorted it out?  :)

Cheers
Phil

Yes, I've seen that brake smoke on a number of my aircraft. I don't recall which ones though.
The problem, and I do believe it is a FSX glitch, doesn't appear to affect all aircraft.
Seems like one part of the sim thinks the brakes are ON and another part belives they
are OFF.

   Paul

[Lange_666]

If you are taxiing on an icy (or wet) airfield, you get this effect.

[Mees]

Also the sparks?

[Brett_Henderson]

I don't think it's a brake thing. I don't even think you can lock the brakes up in the sim. It sounds like a contact point, in this case a "wheel" is being treated as a "scrape". Or at least it's evoking scrape effects.

Try changing the season to summer and weather to fair to see if the "smoke" you get from a wet or snow-covered runway goes away.

[Shavron117]

I've had a couple of add-on jets 'hop' and smoke the tires when I'm taxiing, but I usually only see that bug when I'm switching views and it rotates back to the external view.  Don't think I've seen sparks.