--help on sopwith braking--

[shelbysteve]

some one please help ,this is a great plan for flying when it comes to landing  is when it get's bad.i can lan d the plane with ease but when it comes to braking it flippes over can someone please help me??!!??
thanks

[Gnome]

Don't use the brakes.   :-)
The real thing never had any, apart from the tailskid.
FS does not simulate this at all so you need to 'tap' the breaks while holding full up elevator to load the tail as much as possible.  Leave the brakes well alone as you slow down as you are more likely to tip over at low speeds.

Land into wind, power off and as slowly as you can get away with.  If you happen to be facing downhill, try to steer away from anything expensive (tricky with no tailwheel steering).

Kev

[Hagar]

The Sopwith Camel is a bit of a handful on the ground like most WWI aeroplanes. You might like to check out CraigL's photo of a Sopwith Pup landing at Old Warden today. This is what happens when they're not landed directly into wind. http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=photos;action=display;num=1128279271

This type of aircraft is not usually taxyed without a man on each wingtip.

[Sytse]

Don't use the brakes.    
The real thing never had any, apart from the tailskid.
FS does not simulate this at all so you need to 'tap' the breaks while holding full up elevator to load the tail as much as possible.  Leave the brakes well alone as you slow down as you are more likely to tip over at low speeds.

Land into wind, power off and as slowly as you can get away with.  If you happen to be facing downhill, try to steer away from anything expensive (tricky with no tailwheel steering).

And try to use a lot of rudder. This is the way I do it when landing on carriers in CFS1... (no brakes in CFS1)  8)

[Hagar]

[quote]And try to use a lot of rudder. This is the way I do it when landing on carriers in CFS1... (no brakes in CFS1)