ArtMan_NL Posted March 2, 2014 Posted March 2, 2014 Is it possible to switch it on or off in the SU-25(T)? Reason I asked is that I had an issue that my nosewheel steering didn't work once during a mission. /Arthur
Scarecrow Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 No there's no switch for NWS in the Su25. Perhaps you damaged the nose wheel gear and that was why you couldn't steer?
number3 Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 As ArtMan_NL said, you most likely damaged it (blew a tire), which can happen when you have a rough landing You may want to look at your axis assignments to make sure you have the right key assigned to the yaw movement. 314-я смешанная авиационная дивизия 314th Mixed Aviation Division: The "Fighting Lemmings"- Forums: http://314thsquadron.enjin.com/ - ED Forum Group: http://forums.eagle.ru/group.php?groupid=119
beaupower32 Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 Did you happen to hear something like a motor running, kinda of the sound as if the flaps were being raised or lowered. I heard that sound yesterday and I lost my NWS as I was taxing out to the runway for take off. Was the SU-25T, and it only happened once. "There is always a small microcosm of people who need to explain away their suckage" [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
xaoslaad Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 I believe that sounds occurs when something to do with the landing gear is damaged. I heard it many times before I learned how to put the 25 down gently enough for its balsa wood landing gear to survive.
Trooper117 Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 Yes, for such a robust aircraft, the gear does seem to be made of 'softer' stuff! :)
xaoslaad Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 (edited) Yep. I tend to come in a lot hotter than the tutorials suggest, full flaps, air brake, and gear extended, riding the throttle pretty high, just to make sure I have enough power to flare the aircraft sufficiently to reduce the decent rate to no more than -2 m/s as indicated by the vertical velocity indicator on the right of the HUD when you press the 1 key. It's not how they teach you to land it in the tutorials, but when you pull back the throttle with full flaps and air brakes extended you bleed speed fast and can get down to where you can release the chutes quickly at which point you stop in no time. Plainly, I would rather glide down a third of the runway than hit too hard. With the chutes it's not hard to stop even with half a runway behind you. But my bad landing technique is sort of OT. Just explaining how I avoid damaging the gear. Edited March 3, 2014 by xaoslaad
beaupower32 Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 Its weird though as I was just comming out of the HAS and taxing normally when it happened. May be I ran over a rabbit or something. Or in Russia Rabbit runs over you, I dont know. "There is always a small microcosm of people who need to explain away their suckage" [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
xaoslaad Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 Ya, I saw you mention that. Did you hit the grass at any point? Taxiing excessively fast? Seems odd, but then I had to listen to the AOA indicator the entire time I was rearming between flights last night, which..., so I don't necessarily blame everything on pilot error.
ArtMan_NL Posted March 3, 2014 Author Posted March 3, 2014 You guys are probably right. I'm practising crosswinds landings and as a n00b I'm stressing the lading gear to much.... Still have a long way to go.....;-)
beaupower32 Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 No, it was straight down the centerline the entire time, no fast taxi, 10-15 max, but thats what I do every time "There is always a small microcosm of people who need to explain away their suckage" [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
esb77 Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 (edited) At one point I made a post with advice for beginners, and it had a section on how to taxi with a blown out nosewheel. Usually, runway damage, offroad travel, hard landings, sudden braking at high speed, or sudden turns at high speed are the reasons for nosewheel loss. Losing it during a gentle taxi would be unusual unless the mission is set to have some random aircraft system failures. Though with the sound you describe, it might have been a hydraulics issue rather than a tire failure. Edited March 14, 2014 by esb77 Callsign "Auger". It could mean to predict the future or a tool for boring large holes. I combine the two by predictably boring large holes in the ground with my plane.
Maverick Su-35S Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 This is an unrealistic feature for the nose gear of this robustly thought and built aircraft. It can't have this kind of fragile nose gear, common! You can land this plane in a field (on grass) in real world as the Russians really wanted it to be able for such operations, but the devs. made the nose gear steering act like a thin wooden stick that snaps in a split. It's not the nose gear itself which seems realistically tough/robust, it's the steering that breaks up for no big reason! It breaks up too easily. It's like you'd just touch it with a finger and it breaks! Doesn't feel like a Su-25 steering mechanism toughness! No other aircraft in game has this kind of fragile steering feature, none of the other which could be more fragile otherwise! Please make the steering non-destructible unless the whole nose landing gear collapses first, cause it doesn't have any logic sense for the nose gear to fail that easy. Here's a track where, after making an off tarmac excursion at high speed you are happy to still be alive, just to turn around and at quite very low speed you try to get back on track, when this happens: Su-25's 1 milimeter steering mechanism.trk You get quite pissed off to see that happening. You managed to tumble and on the grass and survived even after landing on grass where the main wheels and gear are fine to just not be able to re-put the front tire on the asphalt anymore, cause when you do that you won't have any steering anymore. The main gear has no problem in the most tough conditions especially after the odd simulation of the tires jumping instantly on the tarmac, but the nose gear steering alone is what breaks off for good. When you can't prove something with words, let the math do the talking. I have an insatiable passion for helping simulated aircraft fly realistically. Don't underestimate my knowledge before understanding what I talk about! Sincerely, your flight model reviewer/advisor.
Maverick Su-35S Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 A track would help pin it down... Sorry I forgot to quote you're message in mine, but you probably got notified! There's the track! Good day! When you can't prove something with words, let the math do the talking. I have an insatiable passion for helping simulated aircraft fly realistically. Don't underestimate my knowledge before understanding what I talk about! Sincerely, your flight model reviewer/advisor.
Buzzles Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 Holy necropost! Maverick, the last post you quoted was from early 2014! Fancy trying Star Citizen? Click here!
Maverick Su-35S Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 Holy necropost! Maverick, the last post you quoted was from early 2014! LOL! I didn't check to see how old that post is, but hey..., that means it's even worse the fact that this ugly feature still persists today! Cheers! When you can't prove something with words, let the math do the talking. I have an insatiable passion for helping simulated aircraft fly realistically. Don't underestimate my knowledge before understanding what I talk about! Sincerely, your flight model reviewer/advisor.
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