Simviation Forum - Can the parking position of an aircraft be adjusted?

Apr 2^nd, 2010 at 2:13pm

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I have downloaded the Ilyushin IL-96-400 by Kirill Konovalov. I have found that when the aircraft is placed at a gate by FSX, the plane is too far forward and results in an immediate crash. Also, when placed on the ramp, a pushback request results in the tug running into the front landing gear (resulting in another crash).

Is there some way to adjust the aircraft position so this doesn't happen?

Peter

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Reply #1 - Apr 4^th, 2010 at 12:42pm

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Tech Diver wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2010 at 2:13pm:

I have downloaded the Ilyushin IL-96-400 by Kirill Konovalov. I have found that when the aircraft is placed at a gate by FSX, the plane is too far forward and results in an immediate crash. Also, when placed on the ramp, a pushback request results in the tug running into the front landing gear (resulting in another crash).

Is there some way to adjust the aircraft position so this doesn't happen?

Peter

You can use slew mode. Do you know about that?

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Reply #2 - Apr 4^th, 2010 at 1:09pm

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Yes, I do know how to do that, but that does not correct the error, it's just a work-around. Also the problem is that I when I select an airport and a gate, I get an instantaneous crash. Furthermore, this aircraft is part of my AI fleet and it looks really stupid to see it half embedded in the terminal.

Again, is there any adjustment that I can make in the Aircraft.cfg file that will move it about 30 feet further back?

For those of you who design you own aircraft, how do you make the front wheels sit right on the "T" of the tarmack marker?

Peter

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Reply #3 - Apr 10^th, 2010 at 11:51pm

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that may be more of a scenery thing there but I would start digging in the CFG for any thing related to gate or "type" and/or "parking" since there should be settings involving that type of thing in the CFG its self...it should be I THINK under the general area...least start there and look...

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Reply #4 - Apr 11^th, 2010 at 8:51pm

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I definitely studied the config file well and experimented with contact points as well as the reference_datum_position setting. Finally after asking the same question on another forum someone replied that this atribute is part of the model itself and cannot be adjusted.

I am extremely surprised (and disappointed) that none of the model builders in this forum have been able to answer my question.

Peter

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Reply #5 - Apr 12^th, 2010 at 8:36pm

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that was another thing I had thought my self... Sad

sad that is that way since there are some nice planes out there that suffer from the same issue Sad

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