Wheel chocks

[Redglyph]

Hello!

 

I'm wondering what the logic is, for the wheel chocks. Some aircraft like the L-39 have this option in the ground communication menu, but most others don't have it. For some aircraft like the Bf-109, the Fw-190 that would be a welcome entry since otherwise the pilot has to maintain the brakes, which beside being annoying and awkward, is probably not a good practice after landing (or for distracted pilots).

 

I'm not sure whether the options in that menu are only set by each aircraft, or if there are common options, but if there are indeed common options it would be best to have chocks for all planes, like in reality.

 

Of course for that the ground crew should respond, but that's another issue and I haven't done extensive tests recently.

 

The missing "wheel chocks" could also be a bug, or an option which has been removed in some aircraft, I have no idea, so I put this thread here :)

[Art-J]

Not a bug, they're just one of these additional ground crew features programmed in for individual plane modules, like inertia starter in -109, or air supply in F-5, or canopy closing in L-39.

 

I wouldn't mind having these added for all the planes though!

[Redglyph]

I tried by adding this to the comm.lua (for now in the Bf109):

 

g_crew_items[#g_crew_items + 1] = {name = _('Place wheel chocks'), command = sendMessage.new(Message.wMsgLeaderGroundToggleWheelChocks, true)}

g_crew_items[#g_crew_items + 1] = {name = _('Remove wheel chocks'), command = sendMessage.new(Message.wMsgLeaderGroundToggleWheelChocks, false)}

 

The menu shows, and the dialog with the ground crew works, but I see no chocks and it doesn't prevent the aircraft from moving. I must be missing something...

 

I've also tried Message.wMsgGroundCrewWheelChocksOff and Message.wMsgGroundCrewWheelChocksOn, but all those seems to be only dialogs.

Edited August 28, 2016 by Redglyph

[Rakuzard]

You can't just simply add the wheel chocks option to all planes. For example the A-10 doesn't have this option, because it does not have wheel cocks modeled. So they won't appear. ;)

It's part of the module itself and quite hardcoded, not something that is available everywhere.

[Redglyph]

Ah, too bad. Thanks for telling me :)

[P3CFE]

Now that wheel chocks are mentioned,

I realize that it is strange, that an aircraft is parked without chocks !!

 

It would be great if every aircraft with wheel type undercariage,

(cold)-starts, with wheel chocks in place, just like in the real world.

 

Hope this will be added in the future.