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Feb 28^th, 2010 at 7:45am

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I made a clean landing at Atlanta in a 747. I was advised to hold position for a departing aircraft. When I got clearance to proceed my nose gear collapsed. How do I get rid of the jumping when I switch form cockpit to spot view? Angry

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Reply #1 - Feb 28^th, 2010 at 10:12am

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Care to tell us which model of 747 - e.g. Posky?

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Reply #2 - Feb 28^th, 2010 at 1:51pm

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Project Opensky B747-451 Delta

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Reply #3 - Feb 28^th, 2010 at 2:23pm

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I just did an experiment. I chose to start a flight from KSEA, I went to spot view immediately, I disengaged the parking brake and just sat there for a minute and the nose of the aircraft slowly dropped to the ground with the nose gear sinking into the tarmac. I also noticed that the nose wheel started out about a third into the tarmac.

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Reply #4 - Feb 28^th, 2010 at 6:51pm

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There are some serious problems with the wheels on all of the Opensky 747's.

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Reply #5 - Mar 1^st, 2010 at 1:46am

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Try installing the newest FDE from the POSKY website.

Here's a couple of links:

http://www.projectopensky.com/index.php?app=downloads&showcat=16

http://www.projectopensky.com/index.php?showtopic=39407

Try both.

Make sure to backup existing files before you try.

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Reply #6 - Mar 2^nd, 2010 at 5:54am

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I am profoundly sorry, but the measures you suggested did not solve my problem. In spot view if I am taxiing and stop and start again the nose of the aircraft still drops to the ground.

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Reply #7 - Mar 2^nd, 2010 at 8:18am

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How is flying? Is it possible the CG is way too much towards the front?

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Reply #8 - Mar 2^nd, 2010 at 5:23pm

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I moved the "empty_weight_CG_position" from -97.0 to -104.0. That seemed to solve the problem and the nose wheel is running on top of the tarmac instead of about 4 feet into the tarmac.

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