I downloaded a Dash-8 from my new VA, United. I was going to start my flight when im sitting at the gate and the back two wheels are planted on the ground but the front wheel is just bouncing the plane up and down. Sometimes a small amount, sometimes a HUGE amount.

At first I thought it was the game, so I tried yesterday...same problem. Now I had to fly so I taxied and everything, sometimes it would and sometimes it wouldnt but it is a huge problem.

Im looking everywhere for a United Express Dash-8 but is their a way to fix this. 
Im flying it right now and on the ground its a nightmare. Just until I log 20 hours.

How do I do that?

I didnt even touch the airplane it just started out bouncing like crazy when the flight was uploaded and it doesnt do it to any of my other planes?

Okay well was it in the Fuel and Payload? It was already at the center of gravity and everything in the payload was fine but I thought if I added more weight on the front wheels it would stop but it still did it and it make it nearly impossible to take off. 

Im just gunna guess this is a problem with this model and im going to contact my VA or in the aircraft wanted...im having troubles finding a Dash-8 United.

If it's the Dreamwings model you can get the non bouncy nose update here.

sounds to me that the contact point for the nose wheel tire is set incorrectly.

you will have to play around with it to see if you can get it to settle down.


I do NOT know which set of numbers it is, but it is in the section [contact points] inside the aircraft.cfg.


example: Default Dash-8 AI

[contact_points]
point.0 = 1,  -5.0,    0.00, -7.70, 1500, 0, 1.617, 25.0, 0.500, 2.5, 0.9, 5.0, 6.0, 0, 100, 250
point.1 = 1,  -29.0, -12.99, -7.90, 3000, 1, 0.633,  0.0, 0.675, 2.5, 0.8, 6.0, 7.0, 2, 100, 250
point.2 = 1,  -29.0,  12.99, -7.90, 3000, 2, 0.633,  0.0, 0.675, 2.5, 0.8, 6.0, 7.0, 3, 100, 250
point.3 = 2,  -31.6, -42.50,  5.39, 1200, 0, 0.000,  0.0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 5
point.4 = 2,  -31.6,  42.50,  5.39, 1200, 0, 0.000,  0.0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 6
point.5 = 2,  -68.6,   0.00,  1.22, 1200, 0, 0.000,  0.0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 9
point.6 = 2,    0.0,   0.00, -3.92, 1200, 0, 0.000,  0.0, 0.000, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 4

Thanks guys and sorry for taking so long to test these out my school quater has just ended so I was busy with tests and what not.

I went into the folder and found out that it is the dreamwings model and I did update it. Going to fly today and it should work fine.

Thanks alot.