Need Taxi Tips

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Hi everyone,

I have a few questions about taxing in flight sim 2004

1) When I taxi the airplane swings from side to side and I have a hard time
staying on the assigned taxiways. Is there a way to make this easier or
stop the turning? I like to be able to take the plane straight down the
taxiway without fighting the stick.

2) When you start a flight from the takeoff position, the airplane stays
straight on the runway during the takeoff run. But, if I have taxied from
gates or parking, the plane will turn during takeoff. Is there a way to
lock the wheels before the takeoff run?

Any tips would be very helpful.
Thanks
Brian Foss

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Torque causes real planes (and the ones in the sim) to pull to one side
while taxiing. Give it some opposite rudder.

Tail draggers are particularly succeptible to oscillations. I don't know of
a "tail wheel lock" command (I hardly ever fly taildraggers) but if you go
to settings / controls you can scroll through the various possible
commands... look for one that says "lock tail wheel" or similar.

"Brian Foss" <briguy@omnitelcom.com> wrote in message
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> Hi everyone,
>
> I have a few questions about taxing in flight sim 2004
>
> 1) When I taxi the airplane swings from side to side and I have a hard
> time staying on the assigned taxiways. Is there a way to make this easier
> or stop the turning? I like to be able to take the plane straight down
> the taxiway without fighting the stick.
>
> 2) When you start a flight from the takeoff position, the airplane stays
> straight on the runway during the takeoff run. But, if I have taxied from
> gates or parking, the plane will turn during takeoff. Is there a way to
> lock the wheels before the takeoff run?
>
> Any tips would be very helpful.
> Thanks
> Brian Foss
>

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"Brian Foss"
> 1) When I taxi the airplane swings from side to side and I have a hard
time
> staying on the assigned taxiways.

You might try Options>Controls>Sensitivities

Move the slider down until you can see rudder axis. Lower the sensitivity
slider to the left and increase the null zone slider to the right.

Do you have rudder pedals or even a twist grip joystick? Those would help
immensely.

Dallas

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I set AP, A/T and the speed on 10 kts. Use CTRL+R to disconnect. You need
some training to do it.

"Quilljar" <wykehill-flightsim@yahoo.co.uk> schreef in bericht
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> Taxying is not easy, but it helps if you do not go too fast. In a GA
> aircraft I was taught to keep it at walking pace ie around 3-5 knots/mph.
> In a big Jumbo, I wd think around 10 knots/mph would be about right.
>
> Sincerely Quilljar
>
> 'Fly Navy, sail Air Force and shoot Pongoes'
>

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What's AT and do the small planes have it?
Brian
"Gregory" <flightsim.maps@bkwds.comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
> A/T works for taxiing.. however effected by ground wind.
>
> -g
>
> On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 13:10:55 GMT, "Wim Dijkgraaf"
> <wim.dijkgraaf@pandora.be> brought the following to our attention:
>
>>I set AP, A/T and the speed on 10 kts. Use CTRL+R to disconnect. You need
>>some training to do it.
>>
>>"Quilljar" <wykehill-flightsim@yahoo.co.uk> schreef in bericht
>>
>>> Taxying is not easy, but it helps if you do not go too fast. In a GA
>>> aircraft I was taught to keep it at walking pace ie around 3-5
>>> knots/mph.
>>> In a big Jumbo, I wd think around 10 knots/mph would be about right.
>>>
>>> Sincerely Quilljar
>>>
>
>

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"Brian Foss" <briguy@omnitelcom.com> wrote:
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| 1) When I taxi the airplane swings from side to side and I have a hard time
| staying on the assigned taxiways. Is there a way to make this easier or
| stop the turning? I like to be able to take the plane straight down the
| taxiway without fighting the stick.
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Hi Brian!

Aircraft are designed for flying, not for driving. Moving
them on the ground is rather uncomfortable with most
aircraft types. In real life I fly/taxy an Airbus A320.
When taxiing this aircraft you have to make small corrections
all of the time. It's a matter of training, after some time
you get used to it.

When taxiing in FS9 I never use the cockpit view. I switch
to chase aircraft view because I find it easier to move the
plane this way.

Have a nice day
Peter



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