Simviation Forum - NEED A LITTLE HELP !!!

May 1^st, 2005 at 10:34pm

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Hi there, I need a little help here. I want to know what do I have to modify to fix how it looks an aircraft on the ground, I mean, I have an aircraft and the gears over the ground look like under the ground (the half of it) so I want to lift a little bit the aircraft, is that possible? Do I have to modify anything in the aircraft.cfg file? Thx in advance.

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Reply #1 - May 2^nd, 2005 at 5:36am

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Welcome to the forums, aramis09.

Yes, you'll need to modify some values in the [contact_points] section of the aircraft.cfg. The first three points (0 to 2) define the ground contact points for the undercarriage. Count along to the 4th value in each of these, and you will see a negative value, e.g. -7.40. Increasing this negative number (e.g. to -7.70) will drop the plane further into the ground, raising it (e.g. to -7.20) will raise it. Adjust the numbers until the plane is where you need it. You 'll also need to adjust the static_cg_height figure to match what you've done with the contact points.

Don't forget to make a backup of the .cfg file first!

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Reply #2 - May 2^nd, 2005 at 7:01am

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Welcome Aramis,

If your gonna get into tweaking a/c heres a document that's helpful to have, the FS2002- Aircraft Container SDK:

http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulator/fs2002_downloads_sdk.asp#aircraft...

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Micro, doesn't making #4 more negative raise the a/c?(lengthen the gear) Wink

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Reply #3 - May 4^th, 2005 at 2:34pm

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Dave,

You're right! Getting me knickers in a knot here - thanks for pointing it out.

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Reply #4 - May 4^th, 2005 at 10:15pm

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I had to go try it first to make sure,

If more is more, and less is less, how can more less be more?? ??? Wink

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Reply #5 - May 5^th, 2005 at 4:40am

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It's a question of whether is's more less or less more, 'cos if it's less more then that's less than more less. More or less.

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Reply #6 - May 5^th, 2005 at 12:51pm

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If more is more, and less is less, how can more less be more?? ??? Wink

Negative vertical postition values define the measurement in feet below the refence point (virtual C of G). Therefore, increasing a negative value (let's say from -7.20 to - 7.70) increases the length of the gear legs & raises the aircraft. Decreasing the value will lower it.

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Reply #7 - May 23^rd, 2005 at 7:33am

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well im a bit a newbie BUT,i have a thing called 'aircraft editor' in the 2K2 pro so try that ,it seems to have a lot of values in the variables ie; CG and a few others.

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Reply #8 - May 23^rd, 2005 at 7:56am

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True, Elstretchie, but in the case of the aircraft.cfg file (or any FS .cfg file), most find editing directly in Notepad to be easier/quicker.

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