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FSXA Nosewheel steering too sensitive?

No problem at all mskhan. Open the aircraft.cfg file in notepad (or any other ASCI editor) and look for

[contact_points]
point.0=1, 40.85, 0.00, -10.20, 1600, 0, 1.442, 55.92, 0.6, 2.5, 0.9, 4.0, 4.0, 0, 220.0, 250.0
point.1=1, -11.85, -9.38, -10.80, 1600, 1, 1.442, 0.00, 1.0, 2.5, 0.9, 6.9, 6.9, 2, 220.0, 250.0
point.2=1, -11.55, 9.38, -10.80, 1600, 2, 1.442, 0.00, 1.0, 2.5, 0.9, 7.1, 7.1, 3, 220.0, 250.0

the above example is part of the FSX Boeing 737 cfg file.

You want to find the nose gear, which in this case is point.0
You can tell it is the nose gear because it is on the centerline:
point.0=1, 40.85, 0.00, -10.20, 1600, 0, 1.442, 55.92, 0.6, 2.5, 0.9, 4.0, 4.0, 0, 220.0, 250.0

the seventh entry is the steering angle in degrees:
point.0=1, 40.85, 0.00, -10.20, 1600, 0, 1.442, 55.92, 0.6, 2.5, 0.9, 4.0, 4.0, 0, 220.0, 250.0

You can reduce this to make the nosewheel steering less sensitive. It won't affect the rudder at all.

As always, make a backup of the cfg file before you make changes, just in case!

Have fun

Alan
 
The above suggestion works, but it will limit your turn radius to an unrealistic value.

An alternative is to set the yaw damping (Cn_r) from mach 0.0 to mach ( Typical low flap takeoff speed / 661.478 ) by increasing the yaw damping as desired. This will make the rudder less sensitive without affecting the turn radius.
 
jx_ said:
The above suggestion works, but it will limit your turn radius to an unrealistic value.

An alternative is to set the yaw damping (Cn_r) from mach 0.0 to mach ( Typical low flap takeoff speed / 661.478 ) by increasing the yaw damping as desired. This will make the rudder less sensitive without affecting the turn radius.
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Ok thanks for that information as well but it worked for me with the contact points entry and I used it to set the turn radius as well. Works a lot like the real thing now.
 
except for the fact that the real thing can turn the nose wheel 80 degrees and yours on 55? Big difference if you need to 180 on a taxiway.
 
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