Andy,
> Are you sure it's not just that your rudder control doesn't center
> properly? You can check the engine power being developed in the
> property system; the same code is used in both cases, so I'd be really
> surprised if this was the case.
I just discovered that (without your wheel-locking modification) the
spin, both its direction and velocity, depends on the time spent
between the engines being started. If I start both within a second, I
can get the aircraft off the ground, playing around with the rudder to
keep the wings off the ground. It still spins, but at least it will
reach stall speed with full flaps (somewhere in the ocean, usually,
off KSFO).
> What I think you're seeing is the feature that *everyone* who tries
> the DC-3 discovers: the DC-3 is a taildragger, and is really, really,
> really (!) hard to handle on the ground. I've had zillions of
Yes, but I've flown others in M$ FS2k, and they are tricky, but not
impossible to handle.
> When I land the plane, I routinely get many bounces (I'm not very good
> at landing taildraggers). Are you absolutely sure you're seeing zero?
> Is it possible you're just not hearing the tire squeal sound being
> played? The sound code has gone through some changes lately and I've
> seen some sounds being missed, I think.
It might be the hard landing, I'm not experienced enough to tell. I'm
not getting a bounce though, the plane sticks to the runway every
time, at whatever speed I use (even 160kt with 0 flaps). The higher
the speed, the smaller the increase in AOA on touchdown, though (for
higher speeds, the tailwheel doesn't touch down straight away).
Andras
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