Brakes stuck on from standstill?

[Grahamh1701d]

Hi all,

I apologise in advance if this has been addressed elsewhere. When moving off from a standstill in the K-4 it seems I need to apply quite a lot of throttle before it moves off, (approx. between 1500 and 2000rpm) so consequently if I don't immediately back off the throttle the aeroplane accelerates at an alarming rate. It is as if the brakes are stuck on until you can over come it with lots of power. As soon as the aeroplane starts to move it will happily taxi a long at less than 1000rpm. If you compare the behaviour to the Mustang it is very different, the Mustang will start to move as soon as you increase the throttle. The Dora seems to be affected by this phenomenon aswell but to a lesser degree. Considering the challenging nature of taxiing the K-4 anyway this effect does not help matters. Can anyone confirm this or is it a known problem? Thanks.

 

Regards Graham

[golani79]

Yes - I´m also experiencing this. Not sure though if it´s related to the brakes.

 

Think the initial friction between tires and ground is too high - so you need to apply about at least ~1800RPM to start moving and then throttle back.

 

This is also the case if you land, come to a complete stop and want to get going again afterwards.

 

And as you´ve also already mentioned, the Dora is effect as well but to a lesser degree.

[Grahamh1701d]

Should I have posted this in the Bugs section? Can it be moved?

[mjmorrow]

I may be wrong gents, but this sounds like you need to invert your toe brakes. For each of your toe brakes, go into your axis tune panel menu and click on the box next to invert. That should do the trick. :thumbup: MJ

 

[Mobius_cz]

I know exactly what you mean but i think it is not a bug. From my point of view it depends on the propeller pitch. I suppose you are using governor switch to "automatic" and for my taste it is slow. On the other hand in the mustang there is no automation you si,ply put propeller pitch to max. Jumo engines on the Dora uses "bediengerat" and engine reacts much faster than in Bf-109. The other explanation could be the friction because static friction is bigger than dynamic friction that means you have to apply more power to make something move (wheels) but not so much power to keep it rolling.

[Art-J]

Certainly not a toe brakes issue, as I don't have pedals and I also noticed that it's a bit more difficult to get the plane going, compared to Dora or Pony. The issue seems to be rather friction-modelling-related indeed.

[BSS_Vidar]

On every plane in DCS for me, I had to invert the toe brakes. They are set applied as default.

 

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