Central / Tail Strut Drive too easy to break while taxiing

[Lau]

Really gentle on the throttle and brakes to avoid breaking the tail strut drive on the Normandy 2.0 Manston and Odiham AIPs, but that’s not enough. I keep restarting the missions many times until I finally manage to take off without damaging it. It's quite a massive piece of equipment and looks very sturdy, it can't break that easily IRL. When it breaks it is possible to hear a big impact sound effect, subsequently it will not retract with the main gear after t/o.

The Mosquito is unusable as is when starting from the ground. Actually it possible to taxi with the damaged tail strut, it will just not come up with the main landing gear + this annoying bang, bang noise effect.

Best,

Lau

Edited March 16, 2024 by Lau

[bertOC]

+1, had this happen too while taxiing below 15kts

 

[Art-J]

Yup, tail strut issue is being discussed here, amongst other undercarriage-related observations:

It's beeing investigated, though, so let's see what tweaks will follow in next months.

[Lau]

Thanks @Art-J Let's hope for the best. Your tread did not come up when performing a research with "Central Tail Strut Drive"

[Scotch75]

Yep, even on the latest update, I think the Mozzie is unplayable at the moment. Taxiing under 800RPM (slow), there is a loud bang, and the tailwheel is reported as damaged. Each successive bang damages it a bit more until it breaks off completely. Even on the gentlest of two-wheeler landings. Will be hangared, unfortunately, until a fix comes out.
Cheers!


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