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Default wheel position?

CanadaKen

CanadaKen

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Hello

Is the default wheel position (Gear UP or Gear DOWN) in the source code or is it
set in the .air file?

I'm trying to use some amphibian aircraft, Goose, PBY5a, atc as ai aircraft.
Unfortunately they all start with their gear down in the water. A fellow on the
Avsim forums wrote an XML gauge he thought would do the trick but it didn't
work. He said he was going to work on it but I haven't heard back from him.

I would prefer the aircraft to be able to come down on land as well as water
but even if the gear were locked in the UP position that would be fine.

Thanks
CK
 
I believe that the default for any aircraft that has gear, and is on the "ground" (also on water), is down, I'm afraid. It would take some work with an XML gauge to get this to reverse, but I'm unsure of exactly how this would be done using AI aircraft, since technically there is no panel running for them, per se.

This doesn't necessarily have much to do with how the aircraft is modeled, but how the game engine sets the state of gear when an aircraft is in proximity to ground/water.

Best,

Owen
 
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