Ground handling question....

[BoNidle]

Hugely impressed with so far. Thanks very much.

 

But I'm a bit puzzled as to how to manouver this amazing aircraft on the ground? I was expecting differential braking I map to my pedals, but it appears not to be.

 

I am using a combination of brake, stick, rudder and swearing at the moment, so I think I've missed something.

 

Anyone assist? As my taxy's and take off's are bloody awful at the moment.

[Gunfreak]

It works like the spit, throttle up, tap the break and move the rudder. 

This video explains it.

 

https://youtu.be/yeeyLZtlqig

[Richard Dastardly]

You also have two engines, so splitting throttles works. It is at least considerably nicer to taxi than the spit!

[Morat]

It's MASSIVELY easier than the Spit!

I don't even have split throttles, just a bit of differential braking does the trick.

I map the brake lever axis (under Stick in the controls) to the left toe brake on my Saitek pedals.

With a gentle pressure on the toe brake and decent deflection on the rudder bar you can do really nice smooth turn on the ground without a groundloop.

You just need a little bit of throttle and a bit of a roll forwards, RPM in fine.

AND you can actually see over the nose!! fantastic

Edited September 17, 2021 by Morat

[Art-J]

It's the other way for me ;).

 

I wish the brake lever had the same sensitivity as in the Spit when it's assigned to button/key. In the Spit I can turn almost quite smoothly by just short tapping the paddle lever on my Warthog stick. The lever in Mossie makes the brake pressure go from 0 to 100 much faster, making the smooth turning more difficult than in Spit (for someone who doesn't want to map the brake to one of toe axes, that is).

Edited September 17, 2021 by Art-J

[Morat]

Yes, that seems so - but if you have pedals with toe brakes it's super simple with the tiniest amount of practice.

When I jumped on a WW2 server to try the Mossie out I found I'd mistakenly bound brakes to my discord PTT. Oops!

Edited September 17, 2021 by Morat

[BoNidle]

 Engine thrust came to me after I posted and I haven't had chance to try it yet,

 

I'll try remapping to rudder pedal.

 

Thanks chaps.

[BoNidle]

Mapped the brake to the left rudder toe pedal and put a curve on it, can now take off without everyone on the airfield pointing and laughing, thanks chaps.

[Richard Dastardly]

1 hour ago, BoNidle said:

Mapped the brake to the left rudder toe pedal and put a curve on it, can now take off without everyone on the airfield pointing and laughing, thanks chaps.

I'd suggest mapping both toe brakes to the same thing ( you can bind multiple things to the same action ) - that way you don't find yourself pushing the other brake pedal & wondering why nothing's happening...

 

Also I find it easier to use the foot I'm pushing on the pedals with to also apply brake pressure anyway.

[Diesel_Thunder]

I mapped my pedals so that they are rudder control, with the left pedal as the brake. Took a moment to get used to it, but it works well.

[Gunfreak]

I use the paddel switch on my F18 stick, works ok. 

[TwoLate]

You can map both toes on the rudder pedals to the wheel brake axis. Also you can axis tune the x and y as you see fit. Now I use rudder to turn either left or right and use the same toe also. Notice had to invert.

Edited September 18, 2021 by TwoLate
Add pics.

[Hornetjock]

I simply assigned brakes to a button on the throttle. Put in L/R rudder and tap. Tap and hold for tighter turns. She responded perfectly from the first attempt. Much easier than the Spitfire - or, maybe the Spit was good training.