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How to adjust steering
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| Is there a way to adjust the ground handling characteristics of an airplane?
Specifically, the 727 by Captain Sim. It just doesn't want to turn tight
enough.
Yea, I know I can use differential braking, but that isn't how they do it.
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| Dallas 2005-04-22, 3:31 am |
| "Ditch"
quote:
> Is there a way to adjust the ground handling characteristics of an
airplane?
quote:
> It just doesn't want to turn tight enough.
Thankfully, yes. I do it all the time...
Find the 727's Aircraft.cfg file and open it in a text editor.
Do a search for the term: point.0
The eighth value in that string is the steering angle.
I usually count eight commas and the value to the left of the comma is the
one to modify.
Example:
point.0 = 1, 0.82, 0.00, -3.77, 1600, 0, 0.633, 40, 0.42, 4.0, 0.90, 3.0,
3.0, 0, 152, 180
The steering value above is: 40 (40°)
You'll have a value smaller than that... just increase it. 35 to 40
produces tight turns.
Dallas
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| Ashley Wyatt 2005-04-22, 8:34 pm |
| This is useful info. I also have this prog and its good. But this
characteristic makes me use the 200 series all the time which does have a
tighter [manageable] turning circle.
"Dallas" <Cybnorm@spam_me_not.Hotmail.Com> wrote in message
news:8A0ae.11856$lP1.1252@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
quote:
> "Ditch"
> airplane?
>
>
> Thankfully, yes. I do it all the time...
>
> Find the 727's Aircraft.cfg file and open it in a text editor.
>
> Do a search for the term: point.0
>
> The eighth value in that string is the steering angle.
>
> I usually count eight commas and the value to the left of the comma is the
> one to modify.
>
> Example:
> point.0 = 1, 0.82, 0.00, -3.77, 1600, 0, 0.633, 40, 0.42, 4.0, 0.90, 3.0,
> 3.0, 0, 152, 180
>
> The steering value above is: 40 (40°)
>
> You'll have a value smaller than that... just increase it. 35 to 40
> produces tight turns.
>
>
>
> Dallas
>
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| Awesome! Thank you very much.
"Dallas" <Cybnorm@spam_me_not.Hotmail.Com> wrote in message
news:8A0ae.11856$lP1.1252@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
quote:
> "Ditch"
> airplane?
>
>
> Thankfully, yes. I do it all the time...
>
> Find the 727's Aircraft.cfg file and open it in a text editor.
>
> Do a search for the term: point.0
>
> The eighth value in that string is the steering angle.
>
> I usually count eight commas and the value to the left of the comma is the
> one to modify.
>
> Example:
> point.0 = 1, 0.82, 0.00, -3.77, 1600, 0, 0.633, 40, 0.42, 4.0, 0.90, 3.0,
> 3.0, 0, 152, 180
>
> The steering value above is: 40 (40°)
>
> You'll have a value smaller than that... just increase it. 35 to 40
> produces tight turns.
>
>
>
> Dallas
>
>
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| Ashley Wyatt 2005-04-24, 8:43 pm |
| Changed the setting on the 727-100 to '45' from '25' same as the 727-200 and
its fine. Works great. Thanks.
"Ashley Wyatt" <ashley.wyatt@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:d4be62$oi9$1@nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
quote:
> This is useful info. I also have this prog and its good. But this
> characteristic makes me use the 200 series all the time which does have a
> tighter [manageable] turning circle.
>
>
>
> "Dallas" <Cybnorm@spam_me_not.Hotmail.Com> wrote in message
> news:8A0ae.11856$lP1.1252@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>
>
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| Dallas 2005-04-24, 8:43 pm |
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"Ashley Wyatt"
quote:
> Changed the setting on the 727-100 to '45' from '25' same as the 727-200
and
quote:
> its fine. Works great. Thanks.
I don't know why they call me Varmit around here... I think "TweakMaster"
would have been better... :-)
Varmit
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| Ashley Wyatt 2005-04-24, 8:43 pm |
| This is useful info. I also have this prog and its good. But this
characteristic makes me use the 200 series all the time which does have a
tighter [manageable] turning circle.
"Dallas" <Cybnorm@spam_me_not.Hotmail.Com> wrote in message
news:8A0ae.11856$lP1.1252@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
quote:
> "Ditch"
> airplane?
>
>
> Thankfully, yes. I do it all the time...
>
> Find the 727's Aircraft.cfg file and open it in a text editor.
>
> Do a search for the term: point.0
>
> The eighth value in that string is the steering angle.
>
> I usually count eight commas and the value to the left of the comma is the
> one to modify.
>
> Example:
> point.0 = 1, 0.82, 0.00, -3.77, 1600, 0, 0.633, 40, 0.42, 4.0, 0.90, 3.0,
> 3.0, 0, 152, 180
>
> The steering value above is: 40 (40°)
>
> You'll have a value smaller than that... just increase it. 35 to 40
> produces tight turns.
>
>
>
> Dallas
>
>
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| Dallas 2005-04-25, 6:39 am |
| "Ditch"
quote:
> Is there a way to adjust the ground handling characteristics of an
airplane?
quote:
> It just doesn't want to turn tight enough.
Thankfully, yes. I do it all the time...
Find the 727's Aircraft.cfg file and open it in a text editor.
Do a search for the term: point.0
The eighth value in that string is the steering angle.
I usually count eight commas and the value to the left of the comma is the
one to modify.
Example:
point.0 = 1, 0.82, 0.00, -3.77, 1600, 0, 0.633, 40, 0.42, 4.0, 0.90, 3.0,
3.0, 0, 152, 180
The steering value above is: 40 (40°)
You'll have a value smaller than that... just increase it. 35 to 40
produces tight turns.
Dallas
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| Dallas wrote:
quote:
> "Ditch"
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> airplane?
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> Thankfully, yes. I do it all the time...
>
> Find the 727's Aircraft.cfg file and open it in a text editor.
>
>
> Dallas
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snip
Is it just me or is everyone getting duplicate messages several days
after the original?
--
boB, SAG 70
U.S. Army Aviation (retired)
Central Texas - 5NM West of Gray Army Airfield (KGRK)
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| Dallas 2005-04-26, 3:39 am |
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"boB"
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> Is it just me or is everyone getting duplicate messages several days
> after the original?
We had a very similar thread a day or two ago.
Dallas
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