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Tom Burnside

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Hi everyone just a question about Simouthouses aircraft. I have both the A-26 Invader and the F7F-3 Tigercat but ive noticed that when trying to turn with pedals they dont like want to turn is this the same with all models made by the team here at SOH.
 
No, it's that way only for aircraft that don't have nose or tail wheel steering in reality. Use differential brakes or engine power to turn the aircraft.
 
Yes there is a way to turn the A-26!

Tom Burnside said:
Is there a way I can use the pedals to steer.
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Yes there is a way to turn the A-26 and the F7F Tigercat! You have to use a text editor like notepad and go into the aircraft.cfg file in the A-26 or F7F directory and down where the contact points are, you should see a line that says something like "for steering, remove the // from this line and add the // to the next line." And follow it exactly like it tells you too. What the // does is make FSX or FS2004 ignore that particular line of instructions. And when you remove that // from the next line it makes that line active instead. I think you will find them in the "contact points" section of the aircraft.cfg file. Remember to back up your aircraft.cfg before fooling with it! Always have backups!

Then if you did it correctly, you will have nosewheel steering. Yeah I have a nice set of home made rudder pedals but not dual throttles so I too had to make it steerable. The flyablity really takes off after that, as taxiing is no longer a nightmare. Milton and crew made sure everyone could enjoy those planes. And according to what I read from an actual A-26 pilot, it flys pretty close to it too. Most likely, they will quickly become a favorite in your hangar. If anyone else has any more precise info, please feel free to chime in. I am on lunch at work right now and do not have access to my FSX files so I cannot give exact instructions. Hope this helps. -Scotty T.
 
On the A-26 look at the contact points section of the aircraft.cfg.

You just need to uncomment contact point 0. Then comment out the original contact point 0.

Instructions are in the aircraft.cfg.
 
mazdarodi said:
Yes there is a way to turn the A-26 and the F7F Tigercat! You have to use a text editor like notepad and go into the aircraft.cfg file in the A-26 or F7F directory and down where the contact points are, you should see a line that says something like "for steering, remove the // from this line and add the // to the next line." And follow it exactly like it tells you too. What the // does is make FSX or FS2004 ignore that particular line of instructions. And when you remove that // from the next line it makes that line active instead. I think you will find them in the "contact points" section of the aircraft.cfg file. Remember to back up your aircraft.cfg before fooling with it! Always have backups!

Then if you did it correctly, you will have nosewheel steering. Yeah I have a nice set of home made rudder pedals but not dual throttles so I too had to make it steerable. The flyablity really takes off after that, as taxiing is no longer a nightmare. Milton and crew made sure everyone could enjoy those planes. And according to what I read from an actual A-26 pilot, it flys pretty close to it too. Most likely, they will quickly become a favorite in your hangar. If anyone else has any more precise info, please feel free to chime in. I am on lunch at work right now and do not have access to my FSX files so I cannot give exact instructions. Hope this helps. -Scotty T.
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Thank you.
 
Or right click on the cfg file and click properties. Make sure both boxes after 'attributes' are unchecked, that should allow it to save changes..
 
Right so now I am able to edit the aircraft.cfg I have looked through and it says something about moving the // to the next line. I have done this and still it wont turn am I doing something wrong.
 
Here are the contact points.

[contact_points]
max_number_of_points = 7


//No pedals?//Want ruddercontrol? //Remove slashes from next line; put slashes before the following one.


point.0 = 1, 10.85, 0, -8.033, 1600, 0, 1.504, 40, 0.248, 2.5, 0.9, 3, 3, 0, 140.8, 235.84


//point.0 = 1, 10.85, 0, -8.033, 1600, 0, 1.504, 180, 0.248, 2.5, 0.9, 3, 3, 0, 140.8, 235.84
point.1 = 1, -2.946, -9.557, -7.8, 1600, 1, 1.708, 0, 0.382, 2.177, 0.9, 9, 9, 2, 140.8, 235.84
point.2 = 1, -2.946, 9.557, -7.8, 1600, 2, 1.708, 0, 0.382, 2.177, 0.9, 10, 10, 3, 140.8, 235.84
point.3 = 2, -0.290, -34.5, 3.8, 1600, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5
point.4 = 2, -0.290, 34.5, 3.8, 1600, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 6
point.5 = 2, -30.27, 0, -0.03, 1600, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 9
point.6 = 2, 16.14, 0, -0.22, 1600, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4


static_pitch= 1.5
static_cg_height= 7.9
gear_system_type = 1
 
Everything looks right with the "//" moved so that you should have positive steeering. So at this point I'd try some of the basic troubleshooting tricks...

  • Reboot the 'puter and then re-open the cfg. If the changes you made have reverted to default, follow the instructions that I posted the link to up in post #8. From Vista forward, MS installed some pretty tight restrictions in the default program folders.
  • Double-check your controller: Make sure the connections are secures, bring up the controller properties and make sure it's calibrated properly, then start a flight with the default C172 and make sure it steers properly.
 
Just a note on the aircraft of the day. They didn't have nose wheel steering, not available at the time. The plane is set up with differential brakes, hit the rudder and brakes at the same time and braking will be proportionally sent to the brake on the side of the rudder deflection. It actually works well when you get the hang of it and give a much more realistic takeoff run. If you do have pedals the application of brakes is more modulatable and the effect even better. Ultimately dual throttles adds a lot, but fewer have those.

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Tom Clayton said:
Everything looks right with the "//" moved so that you should have positive steeering. So at this point I'd try some of the basic troubleshooting tricks...

  • Reboot the 'puter and then re-open the cfg. If the changes you made have reverted to default, follow the instructions that I posted the link to up in post #8. From Vista forward, MS installed some pretty tight restrictions in the default program folders.
  • Double-check your controller: Make sure the connections are secures, bring up the controller properties and make sure it's calibrated properly, then start a flight with the default C172 and make sure it steers properly.
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When I made the changes I flew a Chipmunk and when I applied the pedals it worked fine but the Invader seems stubborn. Could it be something to do with the fact I have Windows7.
 
Very much - like I said, everything from Vista forward has some pretty tight restrictions on the Program Files, Program Files(x86), and Windows folders. The instructions I linked to will allow you to have more control over your FS installation when it's installed in the default location.
 
You must also ensure that you did not change the aircraft.cfg to a aircraft.txt file.

Attach your aircraft.cfg to a post here so that it can be properly inspected, changed, and re-posted. Then you can download it and replace your existing file.
 
Milton Shupe said:
You must also ensure that you did not change the aircraft.cfg to a aircraft.txt file.

Attach your aircraft.cfg to a post here so that it can be properly inspected, changed, and re-posted. Then you can download it and replace your existing file.
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Now im trying to attach the file to this post and its coming up with invalid file. :a1451:
 
mazdarodi said:
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Then if you did it correctly, you will have nosewheel steering. Yeah I have a nice set of home made rudder pedals but not dual throttles so I too had to make it steerable. The flyablity really takes off after that, as taxiing is no longer a nightmare. Milton and crew made sure everyone could enjoy those planes. And according to what I read from an actual A-26 pilot, it flys pretty close to it too. Most likely, they will quickly become a favorite in your hangar. If anyone else has any more precise info, please feel free to chime in. I am on lunch at work right now and do not have access to my FSX files so I cannot give exact instructions. Hope this helps. -Scotty T.
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Hmmmm. Can you publish something like an instructable on your rudder pedals for construction ??? That would be interesting.
 
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