Simviation Forum - floating issue...just AGL

	Search the archive:

Simviation Main Site | Site Search | Upload Images

Simviation Forum › Design Forums › Aircraft & 3D Design › floating issue...just AGL

(Moderators: Mitch., Fly2e, ozzy72, beaky, Clipper, JBaymore, Bob70, BigTruck)

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

Pages: 1

floating issue...just AGL (Read 1410 times)

May 12^th, 2012 at 11:38pm

snake36bravo Offline
Lieutenant Colonel
Xin-Loi my boy
Huntsville, Alabama

Gender:
Posts: 9

Does anyone know how I can fix this issue of floating just above the ground? Obviously I need to correct something in FSDS 3.5

Installed:
CFS / CFS2 / CFS3
FS9 - FSX
Over Flanders Fields
IL2 Forgotten Battles
ARMA II
Silent Hunter III
FS Design Studio
GMAX
After Effects CS4

IP Logged

Reply #1 - May 13^th, 2012 at 12:10am

andy190 Offline
Colonel
This is the voice of the
Mysterons...
Havelock North, NZ

Gender:
Posts: 1368

I'm thinking it’s a problem with the contact points in the aircraft.cfg.

Check that you’ve got the right positions in the Contact Points Section of the Aircraft.cfg.

Intel Core i5-2310 CPU @ 2.90GHz, 6GB RAM, AMD Radeon HD 6450, Windows 7 Professional 64 bit, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro

IP Logged

Reply #2 - May 13^th, 2012 at 12:54am

snake36bravo Offline
Lieutenant Colonel
Xin-Loi my boy
Huntsville, Alabama

Gender:
Posts: 9

Thank you for that. I'll see what I can find in the .cfg

Installed:
CFS / CFS2 / CFS3
FS9 - FSX
Over Flanders Fields
IL2 Forgotten Battles
ARMA II
Silent Hunter III
FS Design Studio
GMAX
After Effects CS4

IP Logged

Reply #3 - May 13^th, 2012 at 12:44pm

johnman Offline
Captain
I Love YaBB 2.5 AE!
Mount Vernon Oh

Gender:
Posts: 3

Hello Snake36Bravo,

As Andy190 says it is a contact point problem – However if YOU created the Aircraft in FsDs and compiled it Yourself – then You can go back into Fsds – reset the Aircraft vertically – Then recompile the Aircraft for the Flight Simm !! Probably Not Hey ?? Undecided

If You are not familiar with changing *.cfg files - I can do a Screed on how to change the Contact Points and Put The Rubber on the Road – if You so desire - let Me know – and give Me a day to organize it . Wink

Otherwise there is tons of info on the Internet about it !! This was a big Mountain for Me to climb !

Johnman

IP Logged

Reply #4 - May 14^th, 2012 at 9:58pm

snake36bravo Offline
Lieutenant Colonel
Xin-Loi my boy
Huntsville, Alabama

Gender:
Posts: 9

Hey Johnman,

I'll try resetting the aircraft within FsDs. I'm familiar with editing the *.cfg and have just not the contact points section which honestly looks like a whole mess of numbers I'll need to decipher.

Installed:
CFS / CFS2 / CFS3
FS9 - FSX
Over Flanders Fields
IL2 Forgotten Battles
ARMA II
Silent Hunter III
FS Design Studio
GMAX
After Effects CS4

IP Logged

Reply #5 - May 15^th, 2012 at 11:16am

dave3cu Offline
Colonel
Procrastinate now, don't
put it off.
3CU, Northern Wisconsin, USA

Gender:
Posts: 3077

If you look at the aircraft.cfg for the default Bell 206B (under ..\SimObjects\Rotorcraft\) you'll find annotations above the [contact_points] section explaining the values.

Also in the 'fsxsdk.chm' SDK help file under 'Simobject Creation Kit'.

Example from the 206B:

point.0=3, 4.83, 3.33,

-4.50

, <-----Verticle (feet), making it less negative lowers the ac.

At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation. Igor Sikorsky

I intend to live forever....so far, so good. Steven Wright

You know....you can just rip up a to-do list.

IP Logged

Pages: 1

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

« Home

‹ Board

Top of this page