Terry Dactil

OK. We had a similar problem with savage brakes on the Mosquito in the early days. You can fix it with this mod ... Go to <Your DCS program location> Mods > aircraft > P-51D > FM > FMOptions.lua Reduce the value in line 15. (Use Notepad++) I set it to 3000 and can apply full brakes without nosing over.

We have been complaining about the unrealistic landing dynamics for more than 2 years now, Don't hold you breath while waiting for a fix.

Yes. The Mosquito would be fantastic if it ever gets fully completed. It had nothing I could see for it in the latest update. I will never buy anything in "early access" again.

Already been done. This mod works perfectly.

+1 Add me to the count of people who are pi**ed off with this problem. I am pi**ed off because: I spent several days trying to find the problem on my computer. ED couldn't be bothered to let us know that they knew all about it and were working on a fix. Mega caused the problem with their update that had no provision to be rolled back if it caused a problem. I am not complaining as I can take action that will fix the problem for me and prevent it happening again. I have been happily using the Rift-S headset for years but been thinking lately that it was well past time for an upgrade. Since there is now another 7 days delay (or maybe more!) and this is more than the delivery time for a new VR headset it is ... Goodbye Mega and Hello Pimax !

Yeah. Hold it on the brakes until the power is stable, then a bit of right aileron as yo lift off works wonders and is the way to go.

Pitot heat not on?

Yep. Still works. You will find it on the "Instant Action" page, not "Training".

Yes. Me. Since I am arrogant enough to think I know all about how to land a tailwheel aircraft on its main wheels, I reckoned it couldn't be me stuffing up the landing, but must be something wrong with my computer or the program. Therefore I did a clean install of the release version without any mods. (Big pain having to set up all the controls and key-binds again!) This made a huge improvement and I now get the same results as the videos above. Still wants to oscillate slightly after touchdown, but the bounce back into the air has gone. The wheels now stay on the runway as they should. I'll keep track of any changes as I restore my mods to see if they were the problem. *** EDIT *** I take it all back. For some reason the brake calibration for the analog axis set the default off value to 50% brakes on. (I had previously reduced the analog brake to prevent nosing over) Removing this brought back the bounce on touchdown. Taxying seemed OK though without the bouncing tailwheel. All this on the Channel map at Manston. Bugger!

Thanks Yo-Yo. That's fantastic and exactly what I wanted to see. Because I can't do that on my system I am now suspecting I have something screwed up in it somewhere as it was installed a long time ago and had many updates. Therefore I'll be doing a complete clean re-install of the program in the hope of getting what you have there. Thanks again.

No you can't. Unfortunately the Mosquito landing dynamics have been completely unrealistic from day one. Even if you can touch down with a sink rate less than one inch per week you will still get a strong pitch up moment and bounce off the runway. IRL with a very small sink rate the drag of the main wheels spinning up will actually produce a small nose down pitch moment that will help stick you on the runway. Otherwise, on touchdown, a small nudge forward on the stick does the job. There is no need for nose down trimming or pitching down to smash onto the runway. (In case you think this is BS, I have several thousand hours of flying tailwheel aircraft -from Tiger Moths to DC-3s- so I think I can say I know what wheeler landings should be like.) I complained about the unrealistic landing dynamics years ago.

It is available as a mod. Check here ...

Make sure you get version 1.4 1.3 fixed the feathered engine bug, but then only responded to mouse clicks and not keystroke. All of that has been fixed in 1.4.

It is available now as a mod: Autopilot for TF-51D/P51D, Spitfire and Mosquito You will find it in the User Files, or as a link in a post currently about 6 down in the Mosquito Forum posts. Give thanks to Jmossesr

Yay! Installed version 1.4 and everything works OK now. You had me worried when version 1.3 was not responding to Voice Attack. Thanks for fixing it so quickly. Much appreciated!