Hi. That tute was written in the early days of FS2002 when a sinking nosewheel was a common problem with aircraft intended for FS2000. If the simple tweak I described doesn't fix the problem it gets more complicated. As I pointed out in the tute it's not a magic fix for all aircraft.

If the main gear is also affected you might need to tweak the height of the wheels (Vertical Position) in the [contact_points] section.
Check the guide in any default Aircraft.cfg for reference to the entries. (Entries remarked like this // are for information only.) The example below is copied from the default B737_400.

Note: The gear is usually defined as
point.0 = nose/tail wheel
point.1 & point.2 left & right main wheels.

//0  Class                        <0=none,1=wheel, 2=scrape, 3=float>
//1  Longitudinal Position        (feet)
//2  Lateral Position             (feet)

//4  Impact Damage Threshold      (Feet Per Minute)
//5  Brake Map                    (0=None, 1=Left, 2=Right)
//6  Wheel Radius                 (feet)
//7  Steer Angle                  (degrees)
//8  Static Compression           (feet)  (0 if rigid)
//9  Max/Static Compression Ratio
//10 Damping Ratio                (0=Undamped, 1=Critically Damped)
//11 Extension Time               (seconds)
//12 Retraction Time              (seconds)
//13 Sound Type
//14 Airspeed limit for retraction     (KIAS)
//15 Airspeed that gear gets damage at (KIAS)

[contact_points]
point.0=1,  40.00,   0.00, , 1181.1, 0, 1.442, 55.92, 0.8, 2.5, 0.9, 4.0, 4.0, 0, 0.0, 0.0
point.1=1,  -7.75,  -8.58, , 1574.8, 1, 1.442,  0.00, 1.0, 2.5, 0.9, 6.9, 6.9, 2, 0.0, 0.0
point.2=1,  -7.75,   8.58, , 1574.8, 2, 1.442,  0.00, 1.0, 2.5, 0.9, 7.1, 7.1, 3, 0.0, 0.0

point.3=2, -14.17, -47.33,  0.00,  787.4, 0, 0.000,  0.00, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 5, 0.0, 0.0
point.4=2, -14.17,  47.33,  0.00,  787.4, 0, 0.000,  0.00, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 6, 0.0, 0.0
point.5=2, -54.00,   0.00,  2.83,  787.4, 0, 0.000,  0.00, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 9, 0.0, 0.0
point.6=2,  42.67,   0.00, -3.75,  787.4, 0, 0.000,  0.00, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 4, 0.0, 0.0

I hope this is some help. I don't claim to be an expert at FS flight dynamics.

ViperPilot wrote on Jan 29^th, 2010 at 11:03am:


Hello Alan......!

How about giving FS 2004 a try?... ...!

I hung onto FS 2002 for ages until I finally tried FS 2004, and the improvement in the Scenery, etc, in FS 2004 was worth the effort!... ...!

Its now availably at a bargain price!

The demands on the computer are nowhere as drastic as FSX, and with a bit of juggling with the sliders some excellent results can be had...plus all the many add-ons for it!

My ancient Computer copes with it admirably!

Treat yourself...Give it a try.... ...!

Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004....FS Navigator.... ...!

Many FS 2002 Objects can be used in FS 2004.

Apex,

Thanks for the reply! Hagar's fix was the one! I just had a couple of aircraft that had this difficulty, and it fixed them right off. It will come in handy as a good tutorial.

Fozzer has some great points about FS9... at some point I'll pick up a copy of it; eBay has some good deals on it right now.
For the time being though, FS8 is keeping me on my toes. It also runs pretty good on my Dell laptop; just takes a little bit to load at 1st.

Thanks for all of your help & suggestions!

Alan

Dell Inspiron 9400
Pentium M 745 1.8GHz
1 GB RAM

(It's slower than most, but does the job)