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Mar 2nd, 2009 at 4:28pm

paragon   Offline
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I recently imported the bd-5s.  Everything seams to work except they will not turn while taxiing.  Did I miss something in the transfere?
 

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Reply #1 - Mar 3rd, 2009 at 10:36am

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What do yopu have for a controller?  Do you have seperate keys assigned to right and left brakes and rudder? I steer biplanes with my rudder keys and, occasionally, brake-equipped planes with the brake keys.




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Reply #2 - Mar 3rd, 2009 at 12:11pm

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H,   I use a Saitek st290pro.  I had downloaded two other planes that day and they work fine.  Thanks for the suggestion I'll give that a try.
 

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Reply #3 - Mar 3rd, 2009 at 12:21pm

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paragon wrote on Mar 2nd, 2009 at 4:28pm:
I recently imported the bd-5s.  Everything seams to work except they will not turn while taxiing.  Did I miss something in the transfere?

Hi there. This sort of problem is unlikely to be caused by you missing anything. The aircraft will either work or it won't.

I'm assuming you mean the BD-5 package posted here. http://www.simviation.com/fs2002props13.htm

I downloaded the file to check it out & the aircraft have been configured with a fixed nosewheel. Look for a file named Aircraft.cfg in one of the BD-5 main folders. Open it in Notepad & scroll down to the [contact_points] section. point.0 is usually the nosewheel or tailwheel. I've pasted it below. The value in Bold is the steering angle in degrees right & left. (0 is fixed & 180 is fully castoring.) This is the cause of your problem.

[contact_points]
point.0= 1, 5.37, 0.0, -1.95, 4000, 0, 0.27, 0.0, 0.115, 1.0, 0.7, 0.8, 0.90, 0

I suggest changing the value to 45 degrees to start with. You can change this later if necessary.

point.0= 1, 5.37, 0.0, -1.95, 4000, 0, 0.27, 45.0, 0.115, 1.0, 0.7, 0.8, 0.90, 0

Then exit Notepad saving changes when prompted.

Please try it & tell me if that fixed it. Don't forget to modify the Aircraft.cfg in each variation of the aircraft & take back-up copies of the files first in case you make a mistake.
 

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Reply #4 - Mar 5th, 2009 at 11:44am

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Hagar,  Thanks for info.  I went into my aircraft editer and opened the files for the bd-5s.  I found what you illistrated in the file under gear.  I set the angle for 45 and that did the trick.  Thanks again for the help.   happy flying!
 

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Reply #5 - Apr 15th, 2009 at 1:43pm

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What about set the coordinated rudder on options, have you seen that? Wink
 
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