Hey, kids...

**popsaka** · January 25th, 2011, 10:59

Has anyone noticed.... When I try to get airborne in the Fokker XXI she
invariably buries her tail wheel! Most frustrating!

I'm thinking of messing with the COG....

Anybody else have any ideas?

***NachtPiloten*** · January 25th, 2011, 15:51

The Cog is 25% fully loaded which is pretty standard. The tailwheel issue may be a pitch/height error. Or a compression number that is not correct for the gear.

**popsaka** · January 25th, 2011, 17:37

Yeah well it's quite weird... Going -proceeding down the runway, stick shoved dangerously forward,
...and then just when I think I'll be able to hold up the tail -right around 85 to 90 knots -and all
ready to ease back on the stick -and fwumph! -she'll bury her butt down
past "tail wheel damage has occurred"....the point of no, ...etc.

Its a real "just when you thought you had it all figured out" moment!^^^^^^

^^^^^^

***NachtPiloten*** · January 26th, 2011, 02:50

The main gear could be moved back a bit (contact point) say 1 foot which will pick the tail up earlier.

**hairyspin** · January 26th, 2011, 22:28

If this is the ETO one, mine just flies off the runway without any drama. If you're having to hold the joystick fully forward, perhaps re-calibrate joystick?

**Old Tiger** · January 27th, 2011, 04:41

Originally Posted by hairyspin

If this is the ETO one, mine just flies off the runway without any drama. If you're having to hold the joystick fully forward, perhaps re-calibrate joystick?

Mine too.

No issues. Re-Calibrating joystick is a good suggestion. I do eveytime pre simming. BTW Nice plane:salute:

**popsaka** · January 27th, 2011, 15:08

then: Has anybody else been breaking tailwheels like moi-self??

***NachtPiloten*** · January 28th, 2011, 03:07

do you fly on "hard" as the option in the in game config? I made the flightmodel and when it was tested she was fine. You shouldn't have to push the stick forward as the tail comes up by itself and a gentle pull back will have you in the air.

You can try the above options if the problem persists in your game especially moving the main gear contact to a smaller number as this would raise the tail wheel much sooner, but be careful a 1 foot change is huge.