Grumman Goose Help

[viridans]

is there a way to stop the grumman goose besides just letting it drift to a stop? if i hit the brakes the rear end comes up and it crashes.

also, when it's in the water, why does it lean to one side? how do i get it to center itself?

thanks.

[Keep It Simple]

First off, as with many tail draggers, you have to be easy on the brakes. This is just plain physics and how much brake you can use depends on the aircraft. If the Goose goes too far on the roll out, perhaps you are coming in too fast?

Second, the Goose has entendable wing tip floats for water landings. The switch can be found on the Goose's overhead panel.

[RitterKreuz]

i have noticed while sitting still on the ramp or runway with the parking brake engaged OR while holding the brakes if you advance to higher power settings the goose will pivot around the main gear and flip over frontwards... this is probably the result of the engines being mounted so high above the CG. in theory - never having any experience on a grumman goose - i suppose it is possible to advance the power so greatly on the ground that the aircrafts thrust would give the plane a tendency to nose over. i feel like this is somewhat exaggerated in the simulator IMHO

as far as stopping in the water - you have to be careful about planning your approaches and managing your taxi speed. Once you land a sea plane you have to figure in that it will handle a lot like a boat would. trolling her up to a dock for example would take a lot of minor differential power adjustments and plenty of planning ahead. you might also "cheat" a bit and use the pushback command "Shift+P" or "shift+p then 1 or 2" though i wouldnt think this is cheating because in real life you could always stick an ore out and row the aircraft hehehe

unless your aircraft has water rudders or reverse thrust - all landings should be well thought out and planned ahead of time and plenty of attention paid to how exactly you will taxi the aircraft in the water.

[viridans]

you have to be easy on the brakes. This is just plain physics  

how do i do that? i'm using a joystick and the trigger is the brake.

thanks for the tip about the floats... the goose is a fun plane

[Keep It Simple]

[quote][quote] you have to be easy on the brakes. This is just plain physics

[Shavron117]

You got it.  With any tail dragger, the brakes may be too strong ('nature of the beast' sort of thing), or it might be something in the config.  Either way, tapping the brakes is best when you first egage them on landing.