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Free-Castoring Wheels Supported?

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MikeNolan

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Hi,

Having some trouble setting up true free-castoring wheels for a tail-dragger. There are some variables for it, but from my experimenting so far none seem to have any real impact as it always defaults to rudder-linked steering.

The variables in question:

max_speed_full_steering =15
max_speed_decreasing_steering = 30 ; Defines the speed above which the angle of steering stops decreasing (in feet/second).
min_available_steering_angle_pct = 0.2 ; Defines the percentage of steering which will always be available even above max_speed_decreasing_steering (in percent over 100).
max_speed_full_steering_castering = 20 ; Defines the speed under which the full angle of steering is available for free castering wheels (in feet/second).
max_speed_decreasing_steering_castering = 40 ; Defines the speed above which the angle of steering stops decreasing for free castering wheels (in feet/second).
min_castering_angle = 0.05236 ; Defines the minimum angle a free castering wheel can take (in radians).
max_castering_angle = 3.14159265358979 ; Defines the maximum angle a free castering wheel can take (in radians).

As well as field 8 in contact points (max steer angle).

Setting max_steer_angle to 0 results in a locked tailwheel, and any value above 90 is invalid. Any value between -90 to 90 results in a steerable tailwheel.

Are free-castor wheels supported? The default tail-draggers seem to fake free-castoring by just using a 90 degree steering range, but they react fully to the rudder.

Thanks
 
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