Seaplane & Helicopter Operations Problems

Terror · Post by **Terror** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:58 am

Any sugestions if adding the parking brake doesn't work??

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Wolfar100 · Post by **Wolfar100** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:04 am

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CAPFlyer · Post by **CAPFlyer** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:20 am

Not had an incident where it hasn't worked.

Terror · Post by **Terror** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:22 am

I have added this line to Jordons B412 and it is not working. I am not sure why. It is an easy addition so I don't see how I could have screwed it up.

CAPFlyer · Post by **CAPFlyer** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:23 am

When you apply the parking brake (like you do with an airplane) does the "Parking Brake" notification come up in the lower right corner?

CAPFlyer · Post by **CAPFlyer** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 4:21 am

Originally posted by "Terror" on 2/23/07 @ 0130 GMT:

I found the problem. In the aircraft config under brakes there is a toe brake scaler. I removed this line and the parking brake is now working. Thanks for the help

Terror · Post by **Terror** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 3:56 am

The parking brake line does show up. And removing the toe brake scaler while does make the parkig brake show up on the screen does not work all the time. flynet recorede it one but not in the 3 attempts I have made since then. If it makes a differance this is for FSX. I am not sure why it is being difficult but I am open to suggestions.

CAPFlyer · Post by **CAPFlyer** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 5:48 am

It may be FSX. I know that Konny doesn't have it to test it and see what's happening. The other thing to make sure of is that you're not moving after you activate the parking brake. Even a little movement could keep the client from registering that you've stopped and set the parking brake.

IslandBum · Post by **IslandBum** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:28 am

Chris - Not trying to muddy the waters so to speak - but when I started messing with the float plane thing - intially I used an amphibian which obviously would have brakes but graduated to straight floats and added the parking brake and changed the scalar - one thing I do know is your right about not moving - I normally make sure im flush against the dock before "Applying mooring ropes" - I suggested to Terror that maybe he could tie the parking brake functions to a "rotor brake" which would give you the same ability to trip the client

Leif

Terror · Post by **Terror** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:18 pm

How would I tie in the rotor brake to the parkign brake?

IslandBum · Post by **IslandBum** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:23 pm

Simply by coding the parking brake function to the rotor brake function - not sure what it would be in FSX - but its simply having the parking brake do something instead of just sitting there like a bump - so if you have a gauge that is a "rotor brake you designate that gauge to the parking brake so you get the "parking brake on" in the bottom right of the screen which is what the client cues off

Leif

Terror · Post by **Terror** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:46 pm

I am getting there. In FSx you have to have the parking_brake= 1 you also ahve to have the toe brake scaler = something. I used the default information out of the C172 and it seems to be working now. I also have to have the engine turned off for flynet to record the end of the flight.

CAPFlyer · Post by **CAPFlyer** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:03 am

I've never tried ending a flight with the engines still running to be honest. Even with the engines at idle, it's quite possible for the aircraft or helicopter to move if there is any vibration (and vibration can be modelled into the flight dynamics) or the brakes aren't 100% effective, so I ensure that there is no chance of that by shutting down.