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P3D v2 Taxiway, Winter Ice, Airplane "floats"

JDLinn

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This is no doubt something I'm doing wrong, not ADE. I am trying to put a taxiway onto a FROZEN lake. I have the taxi link set up as "water" ... which I need for summer operations at the lake. But in the winter, the plane "floats" in the ice (like it is water). Using Winter, with the plane "floating" on the ice, if you slew left or right (off the taxiway), the plane jumps and rides on the ice surface. (so this isn't a terrain cfg problem). Is there a way to make the surface solid in winter and water in summer?

I've attached the bgl I'm using. I just need to know if ADE handles that problem, and if it does, what have I done wrong? If it doesn't handle it, I can make a seasonal bgls, turning one off on the proper season.

Thank you
Doug
 

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Taxiways are not seasonal.

Is this an AI aircraft? If not, you don't need a taxiway, just a start point.

If it is for AI, you need a concrete taxiway and the AI floatplane needs wheels.
 
Thank you George. No this is to get a "starting point" at a dock, then go to the runway (NOT AI). If you don't link it, then you have an orphan start and it doesn't show up in the options when you are selecting where to start, at least for me. I think I've found a work-around. At RTMM, we are using a season switcher, so I can have a different bgl for a different season. I've created one for winter that uses "ice", the spring summer and fall use water. When the switcher changes the seasons, it picks up the correct "type" of taxiway. Crude, but it does work.

Update: There's an easier way ... you just set the taxiway width to ZERO and it works perfectly, summer or winter. (A friend just emailed me on it, thought I'd pass it along here). This problem doesn't seem to affect the runways, just the taxiway.
 
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