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Can I fix an aircraft model whose main wheels don't turn?

arno said:
If you think the animation mapping change is a structural improvement, let me know what you did so I can include it in future MCX releases.
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OK that's a simple one, I just added the following to the [FS2004_FSX] section of the animation_mapping.ini file (with a tab as separator)

tailhook tailhook_pct

and to the [FSX_FS2004] section:

tailhook_pct tailhook

arno said:
Support to export the FS2004 MDL format has been in MCX for only half a year or so. So you are right that it was not designed from the start, but during the development there was extensive testing and for most models it worked quite good. Of course there is always some tweaking a user has to do, because there is a lot of variation in how models are made.
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I guess that explains a lot!
 
Thanks, sounds like a good idea to add that tailhook mapping by default. I'll do that.
 
The big elevator deflection in the preview is probably coming from the trimtab_elevator animation, not from the actual elevator animation. I would have to compare it with some other models to see if there is anything weird in that animation for this model.
 
arno said:
The big elevator deflection in the preview is probably coming from the trimtab_elevator animation, not from the actual elevator animation. I would have to compare it with some other models to see if there is anything weird in that animation for this model.
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Of course: the issue is the incidence of the tailplane (horizontal stabilizer) itself, which is set using the elevator trim control.

It also looks like one of the flap components has been detached from where it ought to be, and is now underneath the fuselage near the main wheel wells.
 
I had a look at the trimtab_elevator animation and tried to use the trimtab_elevator_key_pct animation instead. But in the preview image that gives still the same result with the deflection. In the simulator it works fine. Unfortunatley I can't find a defualt FSX plane that also has a trimtab_elevator animation to compare if there is something differnet in this animation as it was read from the MDL file. If anybody knows a good reference model I can check what is different with the conversion MCX made.

All flaps look normal to me when I check the model I exported in the sim.

I have also added the tailhook animation to the animation mapping file, so in the next development release that will be included by default.
 
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