Taxi-ing technique with Vickers Viscount/Vanguard

[johnh]

There are two excellent classic propliners available by Rick Piper of the Viscount and Vangaurd. They fly well, but when on the ground are very difficult to taxi smoothly.

The problem seems to be that after you have throttled back, the engines automatically open up a little, and you spend your time taxi-ing in a jerky manner by perpetually applying the brakes.

Am I missing something here? I'm no expert on aircraft control techniques. Or does something need tweaking? I guess this is controlled by the .air file? I've never delved into that area (the other thread on this noted).

All help appreciated.

John H

[Guruswarmyoz]

if you have FSUIPC installed, the best way is to calibrate the throttle axis of your joystick (assuming you have one with a throttle) with FSUIPC.
Otherwise it is a known bug of FS2002 turboprops as they don't close the throttle fully --> unless table 1508 of the airfile has been modified.

[johnh]

Hey, thanks for such a quick reply!

Yes, I have FSUIPC and a throttle on my joystick - I can give this one a go but will it affect other prop aircraft? I don't fly anything else (what an admittance!) and all of the others taxi perfectly.

For instance, the DC-2s have a known issue with engines stalling if you throttle right back when landing, will this increase that problem?

John

[FSTipster]

I'd strongly recommend Rob Barendregt's new taxi-speed gauge. It allows you to program in the taxi speed you want and does all the hard work for you. VERY useful (I put it in my Baron panel).

Can't remember the name of it now, but it needs his pushback gauge to be installed in th gauges folder to work properly.

Both recently released at flightsim.com and other places too, I'm sure.

Just do a search for his name.

[johnh]

Thanks, have tried this (and the other contributor's suggestion) but these are really wild aircraft and seem totally uncontrollable on the ground. Neither of these solutions resolve this and I guess it is down the the way the .air file is built.

You need only let the parking brake off for a push-back and the engines haul you forward through the gate area! You set the taxi speed at the minimum of 3 knots and it hurtles off at a recorded 5 but I reckon it is doing more like 10 or more.

Such a shame, as they are nice craft in the air, but the behaviour on the ground spoils everything.

Thanks for the suggestions anyway. I'll drop a line to the author.

John H