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Post by fairlane63 on Jan 29, 2011 2:06:33 GMT
All my 707 models (707-120, 320, 320C) appear as the wheels are sunk in wet cement. That is, when on the ground. Any ideas or suggestions to give my 707's a lift? i'm using FS9. THANKS!!!
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Post by kenwig0556 on Jan 29, 2011 3:09:51 GMT
A staff member proficient in FS9 will be along shortly. In the meantime, a little more info. would be helpful: Is this occuring at one or several airports? Are the airports stock FS9 airports, AddOn Scenery FS9 or other? Have you done any "tweeks" to the 707s in question? Did you get all of your 707 model parts here at HJG? Hang in there! Help will arrive shortly!
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Jan 29, 2011 4:36:06 GMT
Thanks Ken !  There's no such problem, that I can replicate at least, in regard to this .... and frankly I've never (so far as I can immediately recall) heard of any such similar report. I'm aware that some FS aircraft, though not these ones, are known to appear to sink into the concrete .... as you say .... though I've never seen or heard of this in relation to any of our B707 line. So far as I recall, those instances of this condition, with other FS aircraft, have usually/mostly always been in relation to "some" ADD ON sceneries. Mark C AKL/NZ |
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Post by fairlane63 on Feb 8, 2011 1:32:52 GMT
thanks for the info. Sorry I didn't get back sooner but last week I had a family member involved in a severe car accident and finally getting back to routine. About the 707's. I will check to see if this occurs only on Addon Scenery or all scenery. The only "tweaking" I've done is just add on textures. I will also check to see if the same problem occurs on FSX or is exclusive only to FS9 as I have your 707's downloaded to both versions. If there is nothing that can be done that'ok and I'll just have to live with it. Especially since airplanes are made to be flown and not sit on the tarmac. THANKS AGAIN!!!
PS. For both FS9 and FSX I'm running Windows 7 64 bit.
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Feb 8, 2011 4:56:04 GMT
OK .... there shouldn't be any problems at all in respect of MSFS default sceneries .... and the majority of ADD-OB sceneries should be fine too.
Havimg said this though .... I/we are aware that such issues of tires sinking into the concrete on some sceneries is something that applies to "some/a few/very few" (so dfar as we're aware) ADD-ON sceneries only .... and is therefore something right out of the scope of HJG to be able rectify or assist with.
I was going to post some iimagery here to prove my point .... BUT .... I too .... just haven't had tome to do so .... YET !
Best RGDS
Mark
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Post by Herman on Feb 11, 2011 18:41:34 GMT
fairlane63.....other than what has already been mentioned above, I have noticed also, that the aircraft weight has an effect on the appearance of the main gear tires in relation to the ground surface. A 707-320 at MGTOW looks like the tires are somewhat under inflated. At reduced weights this condition becomes more normal.   Herman |
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Post by Mike Monce - HJG on Feb 12, 2011 13:25:49 GMT
Herman and fairlane, This sometimes happens. It can be adjusted by the strut length and stiffness. However, it can also be model dependent and scenery dependent. Even some of the deafult sceneries can have minor elevation variations. If I were to try and correct this the most likely outcome would be that the wheels might be above the pavement at lighter weights.... arrggh! (the sound of me being frustrated by mulitvariables in FS ;D ) My advice is that if you see this at +MGTOW then those "bulging tires" is telling you to offload some fuel and pax Mike |
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Post by kevinr on Feb 12, 2011 16:31:14 GMT
I have encountered this problem on various aircraft and found that it can be resolved easily by 'adjusting' the wheel location in the 'up-down' axis of the 'aircraft.cfg' file.
If the tires are sunk into the ground move the location slightly down i.e. more negative and vice-versa.
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Post by gus on Feb 12, 2011 20:22:04 GMT
Hello, For this problem (when occur) and many more adjustments I use the utility " Aircraft Container Manager" (ACM) Very useful for edit many aircraft parameters as you see what you are making  Also .. this small tutorial can help (some interesting explanations for air file and aircraft.cfg edit ! ) Flightsim.com Regards.  |
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Feb 13, 2011 7:58:00 GMT
Herman's advice .... And Mike's advice .... .... is best ! Most HJG aircraft, intentionally, load into FS with both 100% fuel and payload .... which then always results in an overweight aircraft .... and .... which "may" also then result in what's being seen in the above images (at first I thought he was referring to tires/wheels sinking right into the concrete and which has been known to happen with some add-on FS sceneries .... and well beyond what they appear to be in these images). The end user is "always" expected to adjust fuel load, or payload, or both, in order to ensure these aircraft load into FS at, or near, their maximum certified operational weights .... and which "may" then alleviate any such issue. Mark C AKL/NZ |
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Post by garryrussell on Feb 13, 2011 10:08:23 GMT
You shouldn't alter the .cfg positions as that is not where the problem is.
Overweight, bad AFCAD or a combinations of those two.
If you do that to suit some airports it will be hovering at others.
Garry
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