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Special Server Maintenance
Just when you think you have everything running some what better...
You get a message from the Hosting company. Short story they need to move us to a new server. I have been working with them to plan a good date for all concerned. Here is what we have come up with as a schedule.
- November 4th 17:00 -5UTC shut off the forums and start backup proceedures. During this time there will be no access to the forums or the Resource Section.
- November 5th Continue with Backups and download same until complete.
- November 6th 7:00 turn over server to hosting company to move system to new server
- November 7th - 8th restore backups and upgrade forum software.
If all goes well we should be back online on November 8th.
To keep you updated we will post updates on AVSIM forums.
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MrZippy
SOH-CM-2026
Did you make the change in the [Contact Points] section to make the tail wheel steerable?
[contact_points]
max_number_of_points = 7
point.0 = 1, -38.815, 0, -1.1, 1574.803, 0, 0.667, 40, 0.3, 3, 0.5, 3, 5, 0, 194, 220 <------------------THIS LINE!
//Replace contact_point.0 below with the one above if you want a steerable tailwheel
//point.0 = 1, -38.815, 0, -1.1, 1574.803, 0, 0.667, 180, 0.3, 3, 0.5, 3, 5, 0, 194, 220
point.1 = 1, 1.65, -9.75, -7.022, 1574.803, 1, 1.708, 0, 0.8, 1.5, 0.7, 1.8, 3, 2, 194, 220
[contact_points]
max_number_of_points = 7
point.0 = 1, -38.815, 0, -1.1, 1574.803, 0, 0.667, 40, 0.3, 3, 0.5, 3, 5, 0, 194, 220 <------------------THIS LINE!
//Replace contact_point.0 below with the one above if you want a steerable tailwheel
//point.0 = 1, -38.815, 0, -1.1, 1574.803, 0, 0.667, 180, 0.3, 3, 0.5, 3, 5, 0, 194, 220
point.1 = 1, 1.65, -9.75, -7.022, 1574.803, 1, 1.708, 0, 0.8, 1.5, 0.7, 1.8, 3, 2, 194, 220
MrZippy
SOH-CM-2026
Just as a note, few larger tail draggers had a steerable tailwheel. The DHC-3 Otter being an exception with (a rather troublesome) electric unit. Unfortunately most people do not have multiple throttles in their control setup. This adds a lot to realism as one can better experience the vagaries of handling large tail draggers.