Carrier Taxi Issue

[Grizzley78]

Hey, brand new to SC here and right away noticed something really strange and doesn't seem to matter what instant action I load.

When I start to taxi to the catapult in the F14B, I have to go to about 50% throttle before the bird even moves and once it finally does, it breaks loose like something was holding it back and it jumps forward uncontrollably.  It's almost like some kind of brake is on, but I've double checked my ebrake and it's disengaged and wheel brakes aren't being depressed.  I give it throttle and it just sits there in place and starts shaking and my pilot's head is bouncing around like crazy, then it breaks loose and almost impossible to control.  Makes taxi'ing almost completely undoable.  

Any help of what I might be doing wrong or how to fix this would be greatly appreciated. 

Edited October 23, 2022 by Grizzley78

[MAXsenna]

I experience the same. I believe DCS has "friction fixes" on carriers, and even the friction on ground seems wrong, but it is what it is currently in this version.
It can be managed though, just gentle and quick with the throttle. It's easier once you get moving. Don't remember the English expression for it in physics terms. But the initial friction seems to high, before you get moving.

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[Grizzley78]

17 minutes ago, MAXsenna said:

I experience the same. I believe DCS has "friction fixes" on carriers, and even the friction on ground seems wrong, but it is what it is currently in this version.
It can be managed though, just gentle and quick with the throttle. It's easier once you get moving. Don't remember the English expression for it in physics terms. But the initial friction seems to high, before you get moving.

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Thanks for the reply.  Glad to know it's not just me.

[pokeraccio]

 

[rob10]

I don't fly the F-14, so MAXsenna's answer is likely the solution, but also make sure you have called ground crew to remove the wheel chocks (I assume the F-14 gets chocked).

[scommander2]

Can it be the plane still knees down?  Or where the plane parks around 4 wires? 

[Grizzley78]

4 hours ago, pokeraccio said:

 

Unfortunately, he said in that post it was definitely on their mind to deal with and that was over 2 years ago, so I'm assuming nothing will be done about it.

2 hours ago, scommander2 said:

Can it be the plane still knees down?  Or where the plane parks around 4 wires? 

Nope, not kneeling, and no chocks.  It's REALLY bad when I'm running up to drop the arm into the catapult sling.  I'm at like 90% throttle just to get it to move.  It's ridiculous. 

[pokeraccio]

Some more recent infos about it

Jan 2022

by @IronMike

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Until ED lets us know what they do in the F16 or MiG29, etc - there is not much point for us to fiddle around with not all the info that we need. It is normal that they want to finalize something for themselves first, before sharing it with us - in that sense we need to patient. Thank you!

 

[Sacarino111]

17 hours ago, Grizzley78 said:

Nope, not kneeling, and no chocks.  It's REALLY bad when I'm running up to drop the arm into the catapult sling.  I'm at like 90% throttle just to get it to move.  It's ridiculous. 

Hi.

Yes, when on catapult it takes a lot of throttle to move, but it is only when getting hooked. To me, the rest of the CV taxiing ins not abnormal...

Saludos.

Saca111

[Goliathus]

I was experiencing the very same thing when I was new to the F14-B, regardless if I was on a carrier deck or on the ground. 

I had to reverse the brakes axis setting, it seemed like my brakes were "pressed" all the time and reversing made them work properly (so brakes went on only when I pressed pedals, instead of releasing them only when applying pressure on pedals). 

 

Goliathus

[draconus]

On 10/23/2022 at 11:50 PM, rob10 said:

I don't fly the F-14, so MAXsenna's answer is likely the solution, but also make sure you have called ground crew to remove the wheel chocks (I assume the F-14 gets chocked).

Wheel chocks are not yet implemented for the Tomcat.

On 10/24/2022 at 1:30 AM, scommander2 said:

Can it be the plane still knees down?  Or where the plane parks around 4 wires? 

None of this should pose a problem with taxing.

On 10/24/2022 at 3:41 AM, Grizzley78 said:

Unfortunately, he said in that post it was definitely on their mind to deal with and that was over 2 years ago, so I'm assuming nothing will be done about it.

Nope, not kneeling, and no chocks.  It's REALLY bad when I'm running up to drop the arm into the catapult sling.  I'm at like 90% throttle just to get it to move.  It's ridiculous. 

It will be done some day as it is planned but it is not priority atm. You'll quickly learn how to operate the throttle optimally.

You can also use RAlt+Enter to check for brakes activation.

[Lt_Jaeger]

7 hours ago, Goliathus said:

I was experiencing the very same thing when I was new to the F14-B, regardless if I was on a carrier deck or on the ground. 

I had to reverse the brakes axis setting, it seemed like my brakes were "pressed" all the time and reversing made them work properly (so brakes went on only when I pressed pedals, instead of releasing them only when applying pressure on pedals). 

 

Goliathus

This. 

 

There is no head / cockpit shaking during taxi. Yes, the F-14 needs some throttle movement to start moving, but not as bad as described. To get in the launch shuttle needs a "little" more all right