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FSX - AI Tail Dragger taxi turning circle to wide

Fern

Fern

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Hi, all

I made some AI traffic with one of my planes, a tail dragger, and the turning circle is way too wide. Tried changing the tail wheel angle, rudder effectiveness, rudder maximum angle, no big change.

Than I tried the Maule, which is a Microsoft-native aircraft, SAME THING. I tried a few other tail draggers, and they all do the same thing: taxiing through buildings, on the grass, etc. every time there is a turn on the ground.

Otherwise the traffic works fine: takes off, arrives, all else is well.

Any one has any ideas how to fix this?

Thanks

Fern
 
Fern,
My Sea King AI helicopter has the same problem,turning circle way to wide.
I have used ModelConvertor X and change the position of the tail wheel forward,now the Sea king have a nice turning circle.
I moved the contact point for the tail wheel forwards,in ModelConvertor X you can seen what you are doing.
Maybe you need bring the tail a little up or down so the tail wheel is on the ground.
The tail wheel stay on the same position,only the contact point is moving forwards.

Maybe this is a idea for you to.

Jan
 
Hi, Jan.

I tried and it... worked! It isn't perfect, but it is MUCH improved and I'll use it like this. Very much acceptable. It took a little time re-setting the height, but that was trivial. Thanks! Problem [almost] solved! Fern
 
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