Rudder pedals won't turn tail draggers

[bruckey1]

I have the CH rudder pedals, and they no longer turn the tail draggers while taxiing. Everything looks right in the settings area. Any advice?

Thank you,
Bruce

[zfehr]

Hi Bruce,

You might make sure your sensitivity is set to 100% for the rudder pedals. Also make sure the autocoordination is off in FS2004. It could also depend on what you are flying. Some aircraft don't have linkage for ground steering and therefore require differential braking... if you want to turn right you press down on the right brake pedal. Some of the really old aircraft don't even have a tailwheel, only a wooden stick dragging on the ground! And no brakes either! In this case you are forced to use more engine power so the propwash will make the rudder more effective and it will require some pretty aggressive rudder movement to get any change in direction. As I say... it all depends on what you are flying.

Zane

[sandokan]

hi,
check in the assigment/Joystick menu that your rudder has the Z axis assigned.Then in the Option menu calibrate and test your rudder pedals.
Hoping this helps
Sandokan

[Bruce]

if you are using a plane wth a steerable tailwheel make sure it is not locked.

[Stonec0ld]

The problem would depend on what you might have done since you last were able to steer with the rudder pedals... (You didn't mention if you've just upgraded to FS9 since it last worked, or if it worked before in FS9 and just quit...)

If it worked before in FS9, then the assignment for the Z access might have been lost and therefore needs to be re-assigned as mentioned.

If it worked in FS2002 and suddenly no longer works in FS9 (ie. if you upgraded to FS9 recently), the "problem" is probably not a "problem". Most taildraggers actually are NOT steerable from the cockpit, they castor to whatever angle the aircraft is going. The aircraft is steered using differential braking, differential throttle on multi-engine taildraggers, and enough airflow/propwash over the tail for the rudder to have an effect on really vintage taildraggers such as the sopwith where there are no brakes. FS9 implements this reality, which was not simulated in previous FS versions. So, now FS9 taildragger pilots need to learn how to steer using the above techniques, or modify the aircraft.cfg to get the steerable tailwheel back (but I consider that cheating... :P)

If you don't actually cheat by modifying the aircraft.cfg, my advice would be to just take turns slowly, brake lightly. Too much brake or taking the turn too fast, and you could end up doing ground loops. :)

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