sledgeweb Posted June 27, 2011 Posted June 27, 2011 Lately, I'm having a problem where my plane keeps wanting to move forward while I'm going through the startup procedure. I have the engines at idle, and it's really during the engine start procedure this is happening. I didn't have this problem initially, but it happens quite often now. So much so, that sometimes I look up and noticed I've moved far enough into the taxi lane that other planes have stopped their taxiing to the runway because I'm in the way. As I'm flipping other switches and such, I have to keep an eye on the ground out the window, and when the plane starts moving, press the "W" brake key. I tried pulling the emergency brake while I startup, but it even does it with the emergency brake fully extended. So... what good does the emergency brake actually do then?
MTFDarkEagle Posted June 27, 2011 Posted June 27, 2011 The A-10C does not have any kind of hand brake: just hold your brake on startup, easiest solution. Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
The Flying Goose Posted June 27, 2011 Posted June 27, 2011 I believe you have to start the left engine first for the hydraulic power to actuate the foot brakes as well. Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz, Sapphire 5870, TM Warthog, 4 GB RAM, Windows 7
rud Posted June 27, 2011 Posted June 27, 2011 the emergency brake lever is actually used to actuate the brake with the right hydraulic system (or apparently the emergency brake accumulator if the right system is down). So it isn't an emergency brake like in a car, it's a handle for allowing brakes to be used in an emergency. One easy way to emulate a parking brake is to hold down the wheel brakes, pause the simulator, release the wheel brakes, then unpause. Done properly, that causes your brakes to stay actuated until you apply them again. I hope they don't fix that in a patch!
Steel Jaw Posted June 27, 2011 Posted June 27, 2011 One easy way to emulate a parking brake is to hold down the wheel brakes, pause the simulator, release the wheel brakes, then unpause. Not a good option for online flying. ;) "You see, IronHand is my thing" My specs: W10 Pro, I5/11600K o/c to 4800 @1.32v, 64 GB 3200 XML RAM, Red Dragon 7800XT/16GB.
Kiwispit Posted June 27, 2011 Posted June 27, 2011 I mapped my unused throttle wheel on my CH joystick to W and made a handbrake.:)
Epikk Posted June 27, 2011 Posted June 27, 2011 Simulating chocks could have been a good idea too... Best regards, Epikk :pilotfly: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Win7 64| HAF X| Sabertooth P67| i7 2600k@4.8Ghz| V10| 8Gb DDR3| GTX580| X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty| TIR5| X-65f| ...| DCS Series| FSX :thumbup:
Frostiken Posted June 28, 2011 Posted June 28, 2011 (edited) http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=74249 \o/ Edited June 28, 2011 by Frostiken [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
BoneSaw Posted June 28, 2011 Posted June 28, 2011 Very easy solution if you are flying with the Cougar. Map the wheel brake to the pinkie flapper switch then all I did was put a rubber band around the bottom of the stick (get your heads out of the gutter) . While I am running through the start up I use the rubber band to hold down the flapper switch. When ready to taxi I simply roll it off with my pinkie and never touch it again.
sledgeweb Posted June 28, 2011 Author Posted June 28, 2011 I may be wrong, but I think being connected to ground power helps with this?
lubey Posted June 28, 2011 Posted June 28, 2011 Very easy solution if you are flying with the Cougar. Map the wheel brake to the pinkie flapper switch then all I did was put a rubber band around the bottom of the stick (get your heads out of the gutter) . While I am running through the start up I use the rubber band to hold down the flapper switch. When ready to taxi I simply roll it off with my pinkie and never touch it again. LOL! Surely theres a much simpler, software way of doing this? I used to own a cougar, can't remember exactly but is it /T perhaps? Even the much hated x52 software has a "latched" function which I have used on one of the levers at the base of the stick to create a parking brake. SPECS: Intel Core i5 760 @ 3.2 Ghz +turboboost enabled, 12 GB DDR3 1600 @ 1500 Mhz, ATI Radeon 5850, TrackIR 5, X52 Pro and Saitek pedals
BlackRazor Posted June 28, 2011 Posted June 28, 2011 I may be wrong, but I think being connected to ground power helps with this? It has absolutely no effect.
latearrival Posted June 28, 2011 Posted June 28, 2011 Are you sure your throttle is calibrated correctly? You can press Right Ctrl + Enter to see if any virtual throttle is being applied when your physical throttle is pulled all the way back. Windows 10 | i5 2500k @ 4.4Ghz | MSI GTX 970 4GB | 8GB RAM | ASRock P67 Extreme4 | Seasonic X-Series 650W PSU | Oculus Rift DK2 | CH Fighterstick, Throttle & Pedals
BoneSaw Posted June 28, 2011 Posted June 28, 2011 LOL! Surely theres a much simpler, software way of doing this? I used to own a cougar, can't remember exactly but is it /T perhaps? Even the much hated x52 software has a "latched" function which I have used on one of the levers at the base of the stick to create a parking brake. Oh I'm sure the toggle modifier will work but it's just as easy to use the rubber band.:smilewink:
sledgeweb Posted June 28, 2011 Author Posted June 28, 2011 Are you sure your throttle is calibrated correctly? You can press Right Ctrl + Enter to see if any virtual throttle is being applied when your physical throttle is pulled all the way back. Good tip. I'll check it out. It's strange because it doesn't happen every time. That's why I thought maybe the ground power was a factor. I only said that, because I started taxiing off one time still connected, and I thought there was a slight "tugging" effect. Maybe just imagined it when the ground crew alerted "What the #$!% are you doing?"
sledgeweb Posted June 28, 2011 Author Posted June 28, 2011 Just enable NWS and you won't move. Bug? That may be why it doesn't happen to me sometimes. There are some items in the startup procedure that I just do whenever... the NWS is one of those. :|
LostOblivion Posted June 29, 2011 Posted June 29, 2011 ED should make an option to enable chocks at ramp start and then we should have an option to ask ground crew to remove them. Should parhaps be a fail-safe so that people won't make a "my airplane isn't moving at startup"-thread, like "bumping" over them if too much thrust is applied. Nice plane on that gun... OS764 P930@4 MBUD3R M6GB G5870 SSDX25 CAntec1200 HTMHW
MegOhm_SD Posted June 29, 2011 Posted June 29, 2011 In my case, I just tap my toe brakes and it stops. Doesn't move after that. I do not see this problem everytime. Cooler Master HAF XB EVO , ASUS P8Z77-V, i7-3770K @ 4.6GHz, Noctua AC, 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro, EVGA 1080TI 11GB, 2 Samsung 840 Pro 540GB SSDs Raid 0, 1TB HDD, EVGA SuperNOVA 1300W PS, G930 Wireless SS Headset, TrackIR5/Wireless Proclip, TM Warthog, Saitek Pro Combat Pedals, 75" Samsung 4K QLED, HP Reverb G2, Win 10
Conure Posted June 29, 2011 Posted June 29, 2011 I know of the problem too - happens to me sometimes. Very annoying particularly when EGI stops aligning! Intel i7 6700k, Asus GTX1070, 16gb DDR4 @ 3200mhz, CH Fighterstick, CH Pro Throttle, CH Pro Rudder Pedals, Samsung Evo 850 SSD @ 500GB * 2, TrackIR 5 and 27" monitor running at 2560 * 1440, Windows 10.
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