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Apr 26^th, 2003 at 11:15am

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When I land some helicopters on the grass, and sometimes on other surfaces the helicopter will not stop sliding. It's as if it were in wheels. It does not do it with the Default Jetranger. Is there some modification that can be done to the aircraft.cfg to fix this problem?

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Reply #1 - Apr 26^th, 2003 at 11:37am

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Can you give an example Allen?
I'd like to have a look...

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Reply #2 - Apr 26^th, 2003 at 11:54am

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I have several skid type add on helicopters that continue to slide along the ground as if on wheels. Eg AS341G Gazelle.zip at http://perso.wanadoo.fr/gmaxflight2002/ ; which i must say is an excellent helicopter to fly it is my favourite except for this small problem. give it a try.

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Reply #3 - Apr 26^th, 2003 at 3:53pm

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You can generally cure this problem by increasing the weight of the helicopter in the aircraft.cfg file although it's not an ideal solution.

In the case of the AS341G Gazelle however, it's a good idea as the model has an inordinate amount of vertical lift acceleration when you increase the collective. Add a 1,000 lbs or two until you're satisfied with the results.

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Reply #4 - Apr 26^th, 2003 at 3:55pm

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Al, I really can't comment or support copters from other sites.

Too complicated ... not enough time.. Roll Eyes

These things usually boil down to the '.air' file. You can tweek weight & a few other things using AIRED (available in the aircraft design section here) .... there may be a way using the aircraft.cfg file but I'm not aware of it.. If you do try tweeking the air file - make small adjustments & try to keep a copy of the original in case you forget where you are in the maze Wink

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If it was a copter from one of our friends who upload here it would be a different matter ... I get quite well aquainted with those machines .. Wink

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Reply #5 - Apr 26^th, 2003 at 5:43pm

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The Gazelle and Blue Thunder are notorious already, but I like the challenge of flying them well.
Like Tipster said you can increase the weight, or you can reduce the engine power slightly. Also you might want to check you throttle configuration is at its optimum by running a config on your joystick in 2k2 through fsuipc.

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