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When I land some helicopters on the grass, and sometimes on other surfaces the helicopter will not stop sliding. It's as if it were in wheels. It does not do it with the Default Jetranger. Is there some modification that can be done to the aircraft.cfg to fix this problem?

Can you give an example Allen?
I'd like to have a look...

Thanks

I have several skid type add on helicopters that continue to slide along the ground as if on wheels. Eg AS341G Gazelle.zip at  http://perso.wanadoo.fr/gmaxflight2002/  which i must say is an excellent helicopter to fly it is my favourite except for this small problem. give it a try.

You can generally cure this problem by increasing the weight of the helicopter in the aircraft.cfg file although it's not an ideal solution.

In the case of the AS341G Gazelle however, it's a good idea as the model has an inordinate amount of vertical lift acceleration when you increase the collective. Add a 1,000 lbs or two until you're satisfied with the results.

Al, I really can't comment or support copters from other sites.

Too complicated ... not enough time..

The Gazelle and Blue Thunder are notorious already, but I like the challenge of flying them well.
Like Tipster said you can increase the weight, or you can reduce the engine power slightly. Also you might want to check you throttle configuration is at its optimum by running a config on your joystick in 2k2 through fsuipc.

Ozzy